new to old

[jethro]

hi,
A web designing company has just done us a website, and
part of it includes the database of our stock.
They have written/created it on access xp, but we have
only got and old version of access.
Can we open/use/update files written in access xp on an
older version of access?

thanks very much

jethro

 

[John Nurick]

Hi Jethro,

It depends.

By default Access 2002 (XP) uses the Access 2000 file format, so if you
have Access 2000 you may be able to use the database as is. However, if
the database is in the form of an mde file created by Access 2002 it
will be in Access 2002 format.

Otherwise (i.e. if the database is in Access 2002 format), you won't be
able to open it with an earlier version. You'll either have to upgrade
to Access 2002 or 2003, or persuade the web design firm to convert the
database to an earlier version (97 or 2000 are the only possibilities).

 

[Juan Paulo]

Once again....
It seems like we need a tool for convert
Access 2002 DB to Access 2000 (FREEE!!!!)

This is a real need !!!!

Why we have viewers for everything but we
do not have a tool to convert (or at less see)
a Access 2002 DataBase If we have Access 2000 ????

-----Original Message-----
Hi Jethro,

It depends.

By default Access 2002 (XP) uses the Access 2000 file format, so if you
have Access 2000 you may be able to use the database as is. However, if
the database is in the form of an mde file created by Access 2002 it
will be in Access 2002 format.

Otherwise (i.e. if the database is in Access 2002 format), you won't be
able to open it with an earlier version. You'll either have to upgrade
to Access 2002 or 2003, or persuade the web design firm to convert the
database to an earlier version (97 or 2000 are the only possibilities).

hi,
A web designing company has just done us a website, and
part of it includes the database of our stock.
They have written/created it on access xp, but we have
only got and old version of access.
Can we open/use/update files written in access xp on an
older version of access?

thanks very much

jethro

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John Nurick [Microsoft Access MVP]

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