2003 mde vs Access 2002

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rob

I have created and mde file in 2003, but it doesn't work
in 2002, which is the version my users have. Both
versions have up to date patches. The mdb works just
fine in both versions. Anyone have a clue?

Thanks
 
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Albert D. Kallal

For most software Excel, word, PowerPower point, and just about every vendor
from IBM to Borland to MS has usually provided good forward compatibility.

You can for go back and grab the 1981 version of Visi-Calc (the original
spreadsheet), and it runs on a brand new pc today. (that pc only require
about 64k of ram to run). So, as a general rule for the last 20+ years in
our industry, you can move software forward..but you can' use a new version
of office on a 1981 pc (in fact, that pc don't even run windows!).

So, in the case of a mde...you can't go backwards. You will need to create
the mde on a access 2002 machine.
Anyone have a clue?
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yes...that the general way the industry worked for about 20+ years now.
 
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Paul Overway

You're basically creating a 2003 format file and expecting to opening it in
an earlier version (2002)....this is true regardless of the MDB version.
MDEs must be created in the lowest version that will be used to open it.
Its always been that way.
 
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Mike Painter

Albert said:
For most software Excel, word, PowerPower point, and just about every
vendor from IBM to Borland to MS has usually provided good forward
compatibility.

You can for go back and grab the 1981 version of Visi-Calc (the
original spreadsheet), and it runs on a brand new pc today. (that pc
only require about 64k of ram to run). So, as a general rule for the
last 20+ years in our industry, you can move software forward..but
you can' use a new version of office on a 1981 pc (in fact, that pc
don't even run windows!).
Click to expand...

Yeah, sure and you can play a game that ran on the original PC with loops in
it based on the 4.77 Mhz chip.
It goes something like
StartYouloose.
 
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