mdb Conversion problem?

[Guest]

I converted an Access .mdb from 2003 to 97 format (from within 2003). My
client is getting an "unrecognised database format" error. I don't have
Access 97 installed to check it myself; has anyone else had a similar
problem?

 

[Arvin Meyer]

I converted an Access .mdb from 2003 to 97 format (from within 2003). My
client is getting an "unrecognised database format" error. I don't have
Access 97 installed to check it myself; has anyone else had a similar
problem?

I've only converted a few backwards, but I've not had any problems. Try
making the conversion again after making sure you're not using any features
only available in the later version. The other possibility is that the
references are still set at the later version. The only way that I know how
to correct that is to change them from within Access 97. Try this piece of
code on your database after it is converted:

http://www.datastrat.com/Code/GetReferences.txt

using a button on a utility form to get the list. Instead of using
debug.print, write the list to a msgbox to read the references.
--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
Microsoft Access
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