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Asked: 2026-06-10T19:42:34+00:00

I have a script-heavy Access db that I recently sent out to the end-users

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I have a script-heavy Access db that I recently sent out to the end-users for bug testing. The scripts mainly read data, add/update/remove from internal tables, and interact with a shared drive.

They came back immediately with a report that the most important part can’t run due to a missing/broken reference to ‘msado15.dll’ version 6.1 (aka Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects 6.1 Library). This brings 2 questions:

  1. Why would this library exist on my machine but not on theirs? As far as I know, all our machines had the same standard Office install package. Is it because I have SQL Server and they don’t?

  2. I think I’ve found an alternative, msado28.tlb (aka Microsoft ActiveX Data Objects 2.8 Library), which seems to work just as well, but I haven’t tested on the user’s machines. Is this a good substitute?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Do you need the library in the distributed version? You could use late binding:

    Dim rs As Object
Set rs = CreateObject("ADODB.Recordset")

    It is usually easiest to develop with early binding and distribute with late binding.

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