Access 97 MDE to Access 2003 MDB

[Robert Nusz @ DPS]

I have been asked if there is a way to take an 8 year old database
application written in Microsoft Office 97 Professional Access *.mdb system
and complied into a Microsoft Access *.mde for the user to convert this
application into Microsoft Office 2003 Professional Access *.mdb and mde.
The problem is this! I only have the namedtable.mde to work with. The
corresponding namedtable.mdb that exists is not a synchronized version to the
*.mde file. Is there a way to reverse engineer a Access 97.mde file into a
convertable 2003.mdb file to perform maintenance on this application? If
so, what tools do I need to convert it, the original source for this working
*.mde does not exist.....

Thanks,

Robert

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

QBuilt claims they can do it (see http://www.access.qbuilt.com/html/faq.html
for details).

The normal mortal developer can't, though...

 

[Robert Nusz @ DPS]

Mr. Douglas J. Steele,

Thanks for your information and the link that you provided. I've researched
the link and found it was quite interesting to know of their skills. I will
pass this information on to my management and let them make a formal
decisison based on what I've learned from you, this site and the linked site.


My thanks again to you, this organization, and all of the other MVP people
that has assisted me in my indeavors to become a better Microsoft Access
Developer.

R. Nusz
DPS