Microsoft KB Archive/160123

= ACC: Cannot Convert Database Without Default Printer (95/97) =

Article ID: 160123

Article Last Modified on 1/19/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 95 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q160123



Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.



SYMPTOMS
When you try to convert or open a Microsoft Access 1.x or 2.0 database, you may receive the following error message:

In Microsoft Access 97

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The process failed because there is no default printer.

This may be followed with the message:

Microsoft Access failed to create the Visual Basic module 'Form_'.

This is followed with the message:

The Save operation failed.

In Microsoft Access 7.0

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You must set a default printer before you design, print or preview.

This error is followed by:

Microsoft Access failed to create or enable your code modules.



CAUSE
You do not have a default printer installed.



RESOLUTION
Use Control Panel to install a default printer. For information about how to do so, click Help on the Start menu, and then search on the phrase "default printer, setting," using the Windows Help Index.



MORE INFORMATION
In a Microsoft Access 7.0 or 97 database, you cannot create a report if you do not have a default printer installed. When you convert a database created with Microsoft Access 1.x or 2.0, a default printer is also required because Microsoft Access 7.0 and 97 will create a new database and import the objects as new objects.

