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Enterprise Architect => General Board => Topic started by: Martin Merkel on April 25, 2022, 01:40:05 am

Title: EA 16 and .eapx files
Post by: Martin Merkel on April 25, 2022, 01:40:05 am

Hi, this week I installed EA 16 (1604) on my Windows 10 systems. On one of them I can neither open, nor create .eapx files. I get an error>:  ADODB.Connection error : 800A0E7A
Files are all local on the disk, not on a server. What is missing here?
Thanks, Martin

Ps: I can open the files with the earlier 15.2 installation

Title: Re: EA 16 and .eapx files
Post by: wivel on April 25, 2022, 05:14:38 am

Hi Martin

Keep in mind, that .eap(x) files are only supported in the 32bit version of EA 16, not the 64bit version.

You can read more here: https://www.sparxsystems.com/products/ea/16.0/index.html#A1A63754-7544-4d8f-96BF-AD83B263439F (https://www.sparxsystems.com/products/ea/16.0/index.html#A1A63754-7544-4d8f-96BF-AD83B263439F)

Henrik

Title: Re: EA 16 and .eapx files
Post by: Martin Merkel on April 25, 2022, 05:31:19 am

Hi Henrik,
thanks for the hint. If have to recheck, but I think on one on my Win 10 systems, I still could open an older .eapx file with the 64 bit version. On this system, I have however at 64 MS Office installation, whereas one my notebook, there's only a 32 bit version.
Thanks, Martin

Title: Re: EA 16 and .eapx files
Post by: Martin Merkel on April 25, 2022, 05:59:18 am

OK, with the 32 bit installation I can at least open the .eapx files. Will verify next weekend on my desktop, where I thought I could open them also with the 64 bit version.
Thanks, Martin

Title: Re: EA 16 and .eapx files
Post by: wivel on April 25, 2022, 06:10:04 am

Perhaps you should consider converting your .eapx files to the new SQLITE format. Think it’s called QEAX files now. As I understand both the 32 and 64 versions of EA supports it.

Unless, of course, if you have to exchange models from EA 15.2 and older.

Henrik

Title: Re: EA 16 and .eapx files
Post by: Takeshi K on April 25, 2022, 10:29:01 am

Hello all,

If a machine has the 64-bit version MS Office or the MS Access 2010 runtime, and the edition of EA is not Professional, EA can open EAPX files by using the Acess driver.
(at least with build 1603, I have not checked yet with 1604.)

HTH,

Title: Re: EA 16 and .eapx files
Post by: Martin Merkel on April 26, 2022, 07:12:56 pm

Thanks for all the hints. Given that I have a 32 bit Office package installed, I cannot add the 64 bit Access runtime. So I have to live with the 32 bit version of EA 16 for now on the particular system.
Martin

Title: Re: EA 16 and .eapx files
Post by: ducatiross on March 01, 2023, 10:12:26 pm

Thanks for posting this question and the answers. I was having the same problems myself, and following the advice in the linked page to create a new QEAX file, then do the project transfer, worked a treat. Thanks for the support  :D