ACC: "Disk or Network Error" Err. Msg. Attaching Btrieve Data

• Microsoft Access versions 1.0, 1.1, 2.0

SUMMARY

Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

When you try to attach a Btrieve (.DDF) file, you receive the error message "Disk or network error."

CAUSE

This error occurs when you try to attach a Btrieve file created with Btrieve version 6.x using the Btrieve client software for version 5.x

RESOLUTION

Use version 6.x of the Btrieve Requester to attach data created with Btrieve version 6.x

MORE INFORMATION

There is currently no client-only version of Btrieve 6.x. To attach Btrieve 6.x data, you must use the Btrieve client-server software that requests data from the Btrieve NLM. If you try to attach Btrieve 6.x data with the client-only version of Btrieve 5.x, you will receive the error message stated above. Note that Btrieve 6.x can read the 5.x format, but you must have version 6.x drivers to read 6.x data files.

Microsoft Access can use data from version 5.x or 6.x of Btrieve, but the client software must be appropriate for the version of Btrieve that created the data.

REFERENCES

For more information about using Btrieve data with Microsoft Access, view the "Using Microsoft Access with Btrieve" topic in the Microsoft Access Readme Help file (ACREADME.HLP).