"Douglas J. Steele" <NOSPAM_djsteele@NOSPAM_canada.com> wrote in message news:<_Q%_b.3030$Yf.558@twister01.bloor.is.net.cab le.rogers.com>...[color=blue]
> I thought that Access 2003 could only create MDE files if the MDB was in
> Access 2003 format. Since Access 2002 cannot work with the Access 2003
> format, that would explain why it can't handle the MDE.
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> "Wayne Aprato" <cqdigital@volcanomail.com> wrote in message
> news:4d9a5a66.0402250000.6072090c@posting.google.c om...[color=green]
> > I have several Access 2003 mde databases. When I try to open them in
> > Access 2002 I get the following error:
> >
> > "The Visual Basic for Applications project in the database is
> > corrupt."
> >
> > Interestingly I can open the mdb files of the same 2003 databases in
> > Access 2002 without problems. To my understanding the file formats of
> > 2002 and 2003 are the same and this problem shouldn't exist. And why
> > is it only the mde files that are giving the problem?
> >
> > Has anyone else seen this behaviour? Any help would be appreciated.[/color][/color]
Hi Douglas. The Default File Format choices in Access 2003 are
"Access 2000" and "Access 2002/2003". An Access 2002 mdb can be
compiled as an mde in Access 2003 if the default file format was set
to Access 2002. Access 2002 sets the default file format to 2000 when
it is first opened. If this isn't changed, you are correct in saying
that Access 2003 can't compile it to an mde.
Regards.
