Create Access 2000 MDB from Access 2003

[KEMDignam]

I have upgraded my computer to Access 2003, but I have not converted my
databases since all of my clients still use Access 2000. I need to
create a new MDB, but Access is telling me that I will have to convert
the database to 2003 before it will make an MDB. What are my options?
If I convert the database, I assume that Access 2000 and A2k runtime
will no longer be able to read the MDE. Can I re-install A2k on my
machine? Is there another option?

Thanks in advance.

[Kevin Nechodom]

You can convert it back to A2K format after you build it.

Tools -> Database Utilities -> Convert Database -> To Access
2000 File Format

Kevin

KEMDignam<km******@otsysinc.com> 4/12/2005 7:11:11 AM

I have upgraded my computer to Access 2003, but I have not
converted my
databases since all of my clients still use Access 2000.

Ineed to
create a new MDB, but Access is telling me that I will haveto convert
the database to 2003 before it will make an MDB. What are
my options?
If I convert the database, I assume that Access 2000 and
A2k runtime
will no longer be able to read the MDE. Can I re-install
A2k on my
machine? Is there another option?

Thanks in advance.

[Larry Linson]

Tools | Options allows you to specify "Save in Access 2000 Format" in Access
2003. In fact, that is the default choice. You should not have to convert,
if that is set, to create an Access 2000 MDB with Access 2003.

If, in fact, you mean an Access 2000 MDE, that is not supported. MDEs must
be created in the version of Access to which they apply. That is, you must
use Access 2000 to create an Access 2000 MDE.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP

"KEMDignam" <km******@otsysinc.com> wrote in message
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I have upgraded my computer to Access 2003, but I have not converted my
databases since all of my clients still use Access 2000. I need to
create a new MDB, but Access is telling me that I will have to convert
the database to 2003 before it will make an MDB. What are my options?
If I convert the database, I assume that Access 2000 and A2k runtime
will no longer be able to read the MDE. Can I re-install A2k on my
machine? Is there another option?

Thanks in advance.

[Arno R]

Are you talking about mdb's or mde's here ?

The default for Access 2003 is to use the Access2K format for the mdb...
so there won't be no problem here...

The weird thing is that you can't make an Access2k-mde file with Access 2003
So, if you are talking about mde's here you must re-install A2k to make A2k-mde's

If you convert to Access 2003, I think that previous versions can't read this ..

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Hope this helps
Arno R
"KEMDignam" <km******@otsysinc.com> schreef in bericht news:11**********************@z14g2000cwz.googlegr oups.com...

I have upgraded my computer to Access 2003, but I have not converted my
databases since all of my clients still use Access 2000. I need to
create a new MDB, but Access is telling me that I will have to convert
the database to 2003 before it will make an MDB. What are my options?
If I convert the database, I assume that Access 2000 and A2k runtime
will no longer be able to read the MDE. Can I re-install A2k on my
machine? Is there another option?

Thanks in advance.