Access Help anyone?

[erastes]

Is there any way to "downgrade" an Access file? I want to use a wonderful writers database that I've found, but it's Access 2002/3 and I still use Access 97....

halp!

Comments

[logophilos.livejournal.com]

Short answer - no. You need the later Access to save it as the earlier one. If you can find someone who has the later version, they could save it and export it for you. I can't help since Micro$oft never made Access available on the Mac.

[svilleficrecs.livejournal.com]

If you have a second machine/access to one, I'd say get a 30 day trial of new Access and save file into the older version w/ that (I assume it's doable, as that's what I'd do w/ Word or Excel reverse compatability issues) or track down someone on LJ who has access to new and have them resave as old version for you.

[erastes.livejournal.com]

I wish!

Thanks though, hun

[aperfectscar.livejournal.com]

I'd downloading Access 2003 as I type, I'll see if I can downgrade it for you using that.

[aperfectscar.livejournal.com]

OK, got Access 2003, but I can't open the file as there's a bug which I don't know how to fix.

(If you want to email her about it the error is "Undefined fuction 'Date' in expression.")

[erastes.livejournal.com]

Thanks hun!