error in docmd.outputto...

[inika301@gmail.com]

Mr Lebans. Could you help me ? We are trying to run your mdb to
convert access reports to pdf but we can not, because an error
happens. We are just using the A2000SnapShotTo PDFver751 that is
abailable for downloading.

I have copied the two dlls to windows/system32 and they are too in the
same path as the mdb.

I have debuged your code and in the proc.ConvertRep ortToPDF when
running command DoCmd.OutputTo. .. an error occurs.

Public Function ConvertReportTo PDF(...
) As Boolean
.
.
DoCmd.OutputTo acOutputReport, RptName, "SnapshotFormat (*.snp)", _
strPathandFileN ame
.

ERROR message:
"El formato en el que intenta crear el objeto actual no está
disponible.
"
in english

"The format in which tries to create the current object is not
available."

S.O: windows 2003 server
access ver: 2002
snapshot looks o.k cause i can export your to (snp) format

Any idea?

[Stephen Lebans]

Re: error in docmd.outputto. ..

This is the reply I emailed you yesterday. Not sure why you did not receive
it.

Here is a detailed explanation of the issue by a Spanish Access MVP:



Well. There is a bug in spanish Access XP and 2003 (and probably in other
non-english versions).When spanish Access Xp or Access 2003 install, they
write a wrong entry in windows registry for the Snapshot Format. I mean,
they write this (for Access XP):



HKEY_LOCAL_MACH INE\SOFTWARE\Mi crosoft\Office\ 10.0\Access\Rep ort



Formats\snp,,1, Formato Snapshot (*.snp),0



which is a translation of something that had to be written in english (note
the "Formato Snapshot" spanish translation of "Snapshot Format"). I mean,
they should write:



HKEY_LOCAL_MACH INE\SOFTWARE\Mi crosoft\Office\ 10.0\Access\Rep ort



Formats\snp,,1, Snapshot Format (*.snp),0



which is the correct one!



The same happens with Access 2003.



AFAIK, this bug is not fixed. It stills there.



So, if you use the PDF converter in some of these spanish versions, and the
problem of the wrong registry value hasn't been previously fixed... well,
Access says that "The format is not avalable" ... or so, I don't remember
the exact message, meaning that it cannot find the Snapshot Format value in
registry, and obviously, it stops there.



When you correct that value in windows registry, everything goes all right.



To reproduce this situation, you can temporarily change that value in
registry for whatever other you want, and then you try the PDF converter.



Saludos,



Juan M Afan de Ribera



[MVP Access]


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Stephen Lebans

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Mr Lebans. Could you help me ? We are trying to run your mdb to
convert access reports to pdf but we can not, because an error
happens. We are just using the A2000SnapShotTo PDFver751 that is
abailable for downloading.

I have copied the two dlls to windows/system32 and they are too in the
same path as the mdb.

I have debuged your code and in the proc.ConvertRep ortToPDF when
running command DoCmd.OutputTo. .. an error occurs.

Public Function ConvertReportTo PDF(...
) As Boolean
..
..
DoCmd.OutputTo acOutputReport, RptName, "SnapshotFormat (*.snp)", _
strPathandFileN ame
..

ERROR message:
"El formato en el que intenta crear el objeto actual no está
disponible.
"
in english

"The format in which tries to create the current object is not
available."

S.O: windows 2003 server
access ver: 2002
snapshot looks o.k cause i can export your to (snp) format

Any idea?