Access 2003 converts mdb when opened by VB app

From: Doc Dunning (docdunning_at_nowhere.net)
Date: 08/22/04 

Date: Sun, 22 Aug 2004 17:53:42 +0000 (UTC)

I wrote a standalone VB6 app a few years ago that maintains a .mdb database.
One of my users has reported today that its suddenly gone wrong, and is
reporting missing indexes, fields etc. He has Access 2003 installed, but
that's been true for a while.

Looking into it a bit more, what appears to happen is that when the VB app
opens the database, the Access dlls are converting the mdb automatically to
the new format. We see the dialog on screen to say that the db must be
converted. In the process it loses the primary key, and one other field as
well, which then makes it incompatible with the VB app.

And ... he has just installed XP SP2, which makes me wonder if its something
to do with that ...

Any ideas as to what might be causing this?

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