So, I've written a rather simple form in 2000, but the people I wrote it for have 1997. All sources point to "not compatible." Any ideas aside from having to rewrite it in the 1997 version? I even tried just exporting the form and of course it always exports the table

2/9/2006 9:35:02 AM

There are still people using Office 97? And here I just got 2003. I feel, so, with the times.

2/9/2006 9:45:57 AM

Yeeaaaah ... they all have Win2000 and Office97 with few exceptions, but I have WinXP and Office2000. Great, huh?

2/9/2006 9:53:02 AM

tell them they're os and productivity suites are no longer fully supported (legacy support stage) and are soon to be cut. I believe office 97 already is. tell them it's a security risk to keep using win2k and office97 and that they should just bite the bullet and upgrade to xp/xp or xp/2k asap.

2/9/2006 12:43:27 PM

their*

and, yes, do that

2/9/2006 4:46:34 PM

We use access 97, but office 2002 at work.
For some reason IT won't install a higher version of access because it causes conflict with some of our CAD software.

And no, not compatible to say the least.
Do it again in 97.

2/9/2006 7:36:02 PM

you should have the option to save in older formats when you go to "save as..."

2/9/2006 9:16:54 PM

i'm using access 2003 and i've dealt with both 97 and 2000 databases at work. you can export databases between the versions, Tools->Database utilities->convert database


good luck with getting your relationships to work the same in 97

2/10/2006 1:38:36 AM

Nope, "save as ..." only gives you one db option. However, I will try the tools thing ... I don't know Access very well, but it was the best tool available for the job. It's a VERY simple form - the only "relationship" is one table to one form.

2/10/2006 8:06:18 AM