How do I import a database from another computer?

[Guest]

I've just started using Access 2003. I need to work from a database created
in 2002 version. What format does the original have to be saved in so it can
be sent via email and opened up at my end? Its been sent in notepad but this
didn't really work. Any help gratefully received.

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

Access 2003 is perfectly happy working with Access 2002 format. Simply open
the MDB file in Access 2003.

Use WinZip (or whatever other compression software you might use) before you
e-mail the database.

 

[John Vinson]

I've just started using Access 2003. I need to work from a database created
in 2002 version. What format does the original have to be saved in so it can
be sent via email and opened up at my end? Its been sent in notepad but this
didn't really work. Any help gratefully received.

An Access Database (.mdb or .mde file) is a complex object, a
container for multiple forms, reports, modules, queries, tables, and
other objects. It's not a "document" or a text file.

You can use WinZIP to compact the database, and send the .zip file as
a binary attachment to your EMail (Outlook will object to sending a
..mdb file as it can potentially contain damaging code).


John W. Vinson[MVP]
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