My database says (Access 2000 file format) at the top of my form

[Jamie Loren]

My database says (Access 2000 file format) at the top of my form
even though I never converted my 2003 format to 2000. Did
I miss something? Did I accidentally convert my document?

 

[Dirk Goldgar]

My database says (Access 2000 file format) at the top of my form
even though I never converted my 2003 format to 2000. Did
I miss something? Did I accidentally convert my document?

Access 2002 and 2003 support a newer format, the "Access 2002-2003 file
format", but the Access 2000 file format is still the default for new
databases, unless you change it.

 

['69 Camaro]

Hi, Jamie.

My database says (Access 2000 file format) at the top of my form
even though I never converted my 2003 format to 2000.

A form's title bar can have any caption, but if the database window shows
this, then the database is, indeed, in Access 2000 database file format.

Did I accidentally convert my document?

It's difficult to do by accident, since one normally converts the file
format via the menu, then navigates to the directory and types a name for
the new database file. Another way to do this is via VBA code, but you'd
need to know exactly what code to write.

But perhaps this file was created in Access 2000 database file format. All
new databases are created with the setting from the Tools -> Options menu to
the Advanced tab on the Options dialog window for "Default File Format."

HTH.
Gunny

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[Jamie Loren]

Does this mean less features?

Access 2002 and 2003 support a newer format, the "Access 2002-2003 file
format", but the Access 2000 file format is still the default for new
databases, unless you change it.

--
Dirk Goldgar, MS Access MVP
www.datagnostics.com

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[Dirk Goldgar]

Does this mean less features?

No, not that I can think of. Presumably the new format was seen to be
better on some technical level, and maybe it's somewhat more efficient
in some areas. I don't know, I'm only speculating. The only
consideration I'm know of, regarding the two file formats, is that if
you ever want to make an MDE file (a database application file from
which the source code and design elements have been stripped out), the
database must *at that time* be in the newest file format.