ACC95: Creating and Testing Add-ins Paper Available on MSL

 Last reviewed: October 21, 1997
Article ID: Q143270
The information in this article applies to:
  • Microsoft Access version 7.0

SUMMARY

Advanced: Requires expert coding, interoperability, and multiuser skills.

An Add-in is a tool such as wizard, builder, or menu item that you can create to provide additional functionality to Microsoft Access. When developing an add-in, you may receive various error messages during the testing and debugging process. The Addins.exe file contains documentation and sample databases which illustrate the most common problems with add-in development and provides step-by-step instructions for reproducing and solving the problems. 

 ~ Addins.exe (size: 73079 bytes) 

   is available for download from the Microsoft Software Library. It
   contains the following files:

   Addinhlp.doc    A Microsoft Word document describing six scenarios of
                   common problems you may encounter while developing
                   add-ins.
   USysReg.doc     A Microsoft Word document containing a Help topic from
                   Microsoft Access version 7.0. The topic discusses how
                   to create a USysRegInfo table to install custom add-ins.
   Wzaddin.mda     A Microsoft Access version 7.0 library database with
                   several sample add-ins.
   Wzcodlib.mda    A Microsoft Access version 7.0 library database that
                   contains a function called by a sample add-in from
                   Wzaddin.mda.
For more information about downloading files from the Microsoft Software Library, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 

   ARTICLE-ID: Q119591
   TITLE     : How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services

Keywords          : Softlib kbfile
Version           : 7.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbinfo

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Last reviewed: October 21, 1997
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