.mde on different MS Office versions

[Zlatko Matiæ]

Hi.
I have finished Access 2003 application and produced an .mde file. Before
doing that I had to convert database from default Access 2000 format to
Access 2002/2003 format. Does it mean that my .mde will not be able to run
on MS Office 2000 ?
Thanks.

Zlatko

 

[Brendan Reynolds]

Yes.

 

[Steve Schapel]

Took the word right out of my mouth, Brendan.

 

[Zlatko Matic]

Ok..is there any solution for .mde in MS Office 2000?

 

[Steve Schapel]

Zlatco,

You would need to use Access 2000 to produde the .mde.

 

[Brendan Reynolds]

Well, you need a copy of Access 2000. You could just take a copy of your MDB
to one of the PCs that has Access 2000, make an MDE from it, then delete the
copy of the MDB and copy the MDE to the other Access 2000 PCs. Ideally,
though, you should have installations of each version of Access you intend
to support, for testing and debugging purposes as well as for creating MDEs.

 

[Zlatko Matiæ]

ok. thanks.

Well, you need a copy of Access 2000. You could just take a copy of your
MDB to one of the PCs that has Access 2000, make an MDE from it, then
delete the copy of the MDB and copy the MDE to the other Access 2000 PCs.
Ideally, though, you should have installations of each version of Access
you intend to support, for testing and debugging purposes as well as for
creating MDEs.

 

[Zlatko Matic]

thanks.

Zlatco,

You would need to use Access 2000 to produde the .mde.

 

[Guest]

I've got a similar problem, I have an .mdb database written in 2002 on a 2002
machine. The database was then converted to 2000. I now want to create a
mde for this database (on a 2000 machine) but it fails every time with no
explanation, can anyone out there help...?

 

[Joan Wild]

I've got a similar problem, I have an .mdb database written in 2002 on a
2002
machine. The database was then converted to 2000. I now want to create a
mde for this database (on a 2000 machine) but it fails every time with no
explanation, can anyone out there help...?

Open it in 2000 and hit Ctrl-G. Go to Debug, Compile and fix any errors.
Compact it and then attempt to create the mde.