Installing an A2002 application under A2003

[phpons]

Hello,

I'm using Access 2002, with Office Developper Edition.
I just packed an application with the ODE, sent it to a customer.
He clicked on setup, and then has been warned that Access 2003 is
neeed!!
He is actually using Access 2003, installeed on his pc.

I'm surprised that an A2002 application can't be installed with A2003.

Do you know if there would be any workaround?

TIA

Philippe

 

[Allen Browne]

If this is an MDB in Access 2002/2003 file format, and you compiled and
created an MDE under Access 2003, then it won't work under Access 2002.

Every version of Access uses a different binary for the compiled code. They
are backward compatible but not forward, i.e. A2003 can use an MDE compiled
under A2002, but A2002 cannot use an MDE compiled under A2003. The A2002
dev. edition installed the A2002 msaccess.exe, which would then fail.