Using a database created in Access 03 in Access 97

[Roby]

I created a database in 2003 at home then I went to work I found out that I
cannot open this database in Access 1997. Would there happen to be fix for
this?

Thanks in advance;

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

Very few products are designed with sufficient prescience that they can open
files created with future versions. <g>

The only fix is to take advantage of the fact that Access 2003 can save the
database in Access 97 format (look under Tools | Database Utilities)

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

Access 97 cannot read the Access 2000 file format.

 

[David W. Fenton]

Access 97 cannot read the Access 2000 file format.

But A2000 can save the file as A97, and the A97 version can be
opened by A2000.