William Hindman
wdhindman at bellsouth.net
Fri Jan 13 07:17:51 CST 2006
...yes, that's in SP2 ...but then AXP and Excel XP have also been updated to remove that capability ...some patent suit settlement issue ...you now have to import the ws, change the data, and then export it. William ----- Original Message ----- From: "Gustav Brock" <Gustav at cactus.dk> To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 7:48 AM Subject: Re: [AccessD] Backend Database Format: Access 2000 vs Access 2002 > Hi William > > It would be nice to know since, as I understand it, SP2 introduces the > disabling of the ability to update linked Excel files. > > /gustav > >>>> wdhindman at bellsouth.net 13-01-2006 13:36 >>> > ...I don't really know Gustav ...I was working on rewriting a new client > mdb > that was in A2K3 and noticed that it didn't appear to be bloating ...both > SPs were installed ...I've since converted others without seeing the bloat > ...but neither SP mentions that as a bug fix. > > William > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Gustav Brock" <Gustav at cactus.dk> > To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > Sent: Friday, January 13, 2006 6:57 AM > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Backend Database Format: Access 2000 vs Access 2002 > > >> Hi William >> >> SP1 or SP2? >> >> /gustav >> >>>>> wdhindman at bellsouth.net 13-01-2006 05:52 >>> >> ...the bloat was still there in A2K3 before the SP but apparently not >> after. >> >> William >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> From: "Charlotte Foust" <cfoust at infostatsystems.com> >> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" >> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> >> Sent: Thursday, January 12, 2006 11:03 AM >> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Backend Database Format: Access 2000 vs Access >> 2002 >> >> >>> Good to know. I don't use 2003 and was repeating whata developer who >>> does had told me. >>> >>> Charlotte Foust >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com >>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of William >>> Hindman >>> Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2006 7:36 PM >>> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving >>> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Backend Database Format: Access 2000 vs Access >>> 2002 >>> >>> >>> ...A2K3 with the SP doesn't appear to have the bloat problem. > > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >