Re: Access 2003 can not make mde file of a Access 2000 database

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From: Douglas J. Steele (NOSPAM_djsteele_at_NOSPAM_canada.com)
Date: 09/24/04 

Date: Fri, 24 Sep 2004 15:23:00 -0400

AFAIK, you can only create Access 2000 format MDBs to MDEs using Access
2000. 

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"Huaqi Yin" <huaqi_yin@doh.state.fl.us> wrote in message
news:0c1101c4a268$10ad7c40$a501280a@phx.gbl...
> I have two database applications developed in Access 2000
> on a Windows 2000 workstation. I tried to move them to a
> XP workstation which has Access 2003 since all of our
> workstations are required to upgrade to XP. I copied the
> databases to a XP PC with Access 2003 installed and I
> converted the databases from Access 2000 format to Access
> 2003 format. When I tried to ask the database to create
> mde files for me, the error message popped up and
> said "Access 2003 was not able to make a mde file". I
> could make mde files on the developing workstation without
> any problem. One of the two databases is really small, so
> there should not be the problem of exceeding the limit of
> 2048 open table ID as Access 2003 specified.
>
> I also tried to copy the databases to a Windows 2003
> server and made MDE files from another windows 2000
> workstation. It didn't work neither.
>
> Can anybody offer suggestions?
>
> Thanks a lot!

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