MS Access trial

[Andereida]

Hi
Already have paid for version of MS Office 2007 Home and Student installed
on this computer. I have a need to work with some existing databases
(currently in dbf format) but Vista baulks at running my legacy
applications. Therefore I wanted to see if Access is sufficiently
user-friendly for my needs. Apparently to download a trial version of Access
means downloading the entire trial Professional suite. Will this cause
problems with my existing Office installation? What is the best way forward,
please?

bhk

 

[DL]

It should'nt cause any problems with the existing suite, but when you
unistall the trial you would likely have to repair the H&S suite
Should you choose to convert to the full suite, or buy only access (which
depending on your legacy apps you may qulify for an upgrade version) you
would need to uninstall the trial version

 

[dgmacmi]

Hi
Already have paid for version of MS Office 2007 Home and Student installed
on this computer. I have a need to work with some existing databases
(currently in dbf format) but Vista baulks at running my legacy
applications. Therefore I wanted to see if Access is sufficiently
user-friendly for my needs. Apparently to download a trial version of
Access means downloading the entire trial Professional suite. Will this
cause problems with my existing Office installation? What is the best way
forward, please?

bhk

According to:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/FX101754511033.aspx#2 your Office
2007 Home and Student is a qualifying product for Access 2007 upgrade. You
may want to check Amazon.com prices for an Access 2007 upgrade.

Access is at least as user friendly as dBase. Of course, depends on what you
want to do with the existing dbf database.

If you can, check what version of dBase created your files. Access will
open dbf files from dBase 5, dBase III and dBase IV {at leaste those are the
only versions listed on the Access open file type list.}. Access will only
save your work on the dbf file in Access 2007 or recent prior Access file
formats. I suspect that when you open a dbf file in Access 2007, Access will
do a conversion from dBase to Access format. You will likely need to do some
format editing and any dBase forms may not work.

Don

 

[Andereida]

According to:
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/products/FX101754511033.aspx#2 your
Office 2007 Home and Student is a qualifying product for Access 2007
upgrade. You may want to check Amazon.com prices for an Access 2007
upgrade.

Access is at least as user friendly as dBase. Of course, depends on what
you want to do with the existing dbf database.

If you can, check what version of dBase created your files. Access will
open dbf files from dBase 5, dBase III and dBase IV {at leaste those are
the only versions listed on the Access open file type list.}. Access will
only save your work on the dbf file in Access 2007 or recent prior Access
file formats. I suspect that when you open a dbf file in Access 2007,
Access will do a conversion from dBase to Access format. You will likely
need to do some format editing and any dBase forms may not work.

Don

Thank you very much, Don and DL. As far as I am aware the files are in dBase
IV format. I will try a download and see how we get on.

Much obliged.

bhk