Using '02 on '00 database

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Charles Selk

I've upgraded to '02 on my machine, but the office
standard is still '00. I know there are some features
that are only available on '02, such as new kinds of
graphs, that would be wothless to implement because
they'd be invisible to everyone else. But for very basic
editing of forms, reports, and code, will I be okay
making changes using '02. Will it cause problems for '00
or could it possibly have bad repercussions if there end
up being '02 changes on top of '00 changes on top of '02
changes and so on...?
 
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Joe Fallon

You are OK if you do not use any 2002 specific features or code in your 2000
format .mdb file.
Then both 2000 and 2002 can easily run it.

e.g. 2002 has a new File Dialog box that makes it easy to use but then
breaks backward compatibility w/ 2000 so don't use it if you have to share.
 
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