Users with different versions of Office - missing reference

[AndrewAfresh]

Hi, I have an application which includes a reference to the Word object library. Some of the users have Office 10 and some have Office 11 installed.



As I am developing in Access 11, I have to correct the missing reference on their machines every time I distribute. Apparently, upgrading to Office 10 isn’t an option.

Any ideas how to improve things? Thank you.

[matthewspatrick]

Andrew,

Perhaps the right answer is to stop using early binding (where you set references) and start using late binding. Late binding is usually tolerant of having different application versions; the only problem you run into is when you invoke objects, properties, or methods that do not exist in earlier versions.

Development with late binding can be a pain, but what I sometimes do is develop using early binding to get the benefits of IntelliSense, and then converting to late binding before the release.