createObject("AcroExch.app") fails

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July 7, 2017
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with unknown error under MS Access VBA. It works on one computer but not another. Revs of Office, Windows, Acrobat are the same and references are the same.

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Another possibility, Access or Acrobat is running under a different user or admin.

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Another possibility, Access or Acrobat is running under a different user or admin.

stuarts101846Author

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The problem has been solved. It was a bad installation.

thanks for your help!

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how did you solve it?

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Which app is opening normally? Acrobat, or Reader?

stuarts101846Author

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They both open seemingly normally, but acrobat issues the "trial expired" warning. I have not gone into it in detail to determine how much functionality acrobat has, it can read pdf's I don't know if it can update them.

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Hmm. What I'm wondering is whether it's setting ups connection to Reader instead, which then fails. But there are other possibilities. If Acrobat takes too long to start, or pops up a message while starting, the request will time out. So try starting Acrobat first.

stuarts101846Author

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I have tried that previously, but not with much confidence. Since I am using "CreateObject" I would expect it to start up a new instance of Adobe regardless to whether it's already open or not. Having said that, I notice that there is a little circle in the lower left corner that says the product has expired. I did not notice this, as it seemed to be opening normally. Could that be the cause?

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Ok, you have the current version of Acrobat Reader. It's possible that is the problem. What version of Acrobat is also installed?