Access 2003 compatibility?

[Frank M.]

I was told by someone that if you upgrade to Access 2003,
you no longer need previous versions. The problem in the
past was that if you had Access 2.0 databases, Access 97
databases, and Access 2000 databases that you worked on,
you needed all three installed because if you opened an
earlier version database, you either a) had to open it in
Read Only or b) had to convert it to the newer version.
Is it true that with Access 2003, you can work on earlier
versions of Access databases, modify them and not convert
them?

 

[Susan Ramlet]

Hi, Frank,

If you don't get a response here, try posting to one of the Access
newsgroups where you'll find more of the Access gurus hanging out.

 

[Beth Melton]

Hi Frank,

Access 2003 supports file formats for Access 2000 and Access 2003.

You can not open an Access 2.0/7.0 (95)/97 database in Access 2003
without converting it to at least an Access 2000 file format.

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