jack drawbridge
jackandpat.d at gmail.com
Thu May 30 09:27:45 CDT 2013
I don't recall specifically at the moment. I was having issues with new UI with 2010, and was happy and used to 2003. Each time I tried something, if i went to the other versio, Access was reloading the software, and I was getting frustrated -- have to wait seems 3-5 minutes to start the program each time. Whatever, I was doing, I was getting accdb files. When I look at the options now, I see it says format for blank database on the Options. So I'm not sure what I did. I don't open 2003 anymore so maybe I have corrected my own manual processes/procedures unknowingly. Sorry for being so vague, but my initial response was really trying to say -- perhaps you have some flag set to convert to accdb (that's what I thought my issue was). But doesn't appear to be any such flag. jack On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 1:46 AM, William Benson (VBACreations.Com) < vbacreations at gmail.com> wrote: > Jack, where is toggle you mention? I cannot find any setting other than the > one which controls new database formats. Beyond that, only the Save As > command controls conversion format, as mentioned in this article. > http://goo.gl/VJ63D > > Convert an Access 2000 or Access 2002 - 2003 database to the .accdb format > To convert an Access 2000 or Access 2002 - 2003 database (.mdb) to the > .accdb file format, you must first open the database by using Access 2007 > or > Access 2010, and then save it in the .accdb file format. > 1.On the File tab, click Open. > 2.In the Open dialog box, select and open the Access 2000 or Access 2002 - > 2003 database (.mdb) that you want to convert. > Note If the Database Enhancement dialog box appears, the database is > using a file format that is earlier than Access 2000. To continue, see the > section Convert an Access 97 database to the .accdb format. > 3.On the File tab, click Save & Publish, and then, under Database File > Types > click Access Database (*.accdb). > 4.Click Save As. > If any database objects are open when you click Save As, Access prompts you > to close them prior to creating the copy. Click Yes to make Access close > the > objects, or click No to cancel the entire process. If needed, Access will > also prompt you to save any changes. > 5.In the Save As dialog box, type a file name in the File name box, and > then > click Save. > Access creates the copy of the database, and then opens the copy. Access > automatically closes the original database. > > From: William Benson [mailto:vbacreations at gmail.com] > Sent: Thursday, May 30, 2013 1:19 AM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: Re: [AccessD] Dropbox/MS Access problem. > > If you open an mdb and work on it in access 2007/2010 appli cation, it > should leave it as an mdb unless you convert it. The setting you mentioned > is supposed to deal with new databases, not magically convert and upgrade > existing databases. That wouls create chaos in multiuser environments. > That just seems wrong. It has to be how it is being published, not just > worked in... ??? > On May 28, 2013 7:52 AM, "jack drawbridge" <jackandpat.d at gmail.com> wrote: > Doug, > > Do you happen to have the "save files as accdb" turned on? I just loaded > Acc2010 recently and each file I looked at got saved with accdb. I then set > the "save files as 2003 or similar and I then had mdb files. > I'm wondering if your default/current setting is 2007/2010, then you might > get accdb automatically. ie nothing to do with dropbox??? > jack > > On Mon, May 27, 2013 at 3:11 PM, Doug Steele <dbdoug at gmail.com> wrote: > > > I got a baffled call from a client this morning, wanting to know why I > had > > changed their back end from an .mdb file to an .accdb file. > > > > I said I had downloaded the accdb file from their Dropbox account to work > > on it. The client said they didn't have an accdb file on Dropbox. > > > > Assuming that I had had (yet another) senior moment, I logged in and sure > > enough, the copy of the back end was definitely an mdb. > > > > Then, before my very eyes, as soon as I clicked on the mdb file to > download > > it, Dropbox changed the extension to 'accdb' on my computer (which only > has > > Office 2010 installed). Arghhh! > > > > I checked, and Dropbox doesn't do any conversion - it's just an mdb with > > the wrong extension. So be warned! > > > > Doug > > -- > > AccessD mailing list > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >