Can I open a Access doument without access?

[Guest]

Sone one sent me an document with the extnetion of .mdb after researching I
discovered it was access is there anyway to open this without buying a new
program?

Thanks!

 

[Albert D. Kallal]

You might be able to import data from it using Excel.

However, you should either ensure that you have ms-access, or better yet get
the person who sent you the data to convert it to a text files (csv) that
virtually any product from Excel to a text editor can read.

Be aware that a mdb file can have both data, and also can contain a
application part. If you just need the data..then a text file (comma
delimited) is likely a better solution here.

 

[John Vinson]

Sone one sent me an document with the extnetion of .mdb after researching I
discovered it was access is there anyway to open this without buying a new
program?

Thanks!

Well, an Access database isn't a "document" in the sense that a Word
document or an Excel spreadsheet is. It's a container for multiple
Tables of data, Forms (screens to display data), Reports (printable
objects), Queries, Macros and Modules (all various kinds of code to
manage the data). It's not really something you can "view".

Contact the person who sent it and ask them to export the contents
that you need to see to Excel, text, or a snapshot image viewable with
the Microsoft Snapshot Viewer.

John W. Vinson[MVP]
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