[AccessD] Dropbox/MS Access problem.

Charlotte Foust charlotte.foust at gmail.com
Thu May 30 09:55:00 CDT 2013


It's in Access Options under the General tab under creating databases.

Charlotte

On Thu, May 30, 2013 at 7:27 AM, jack drawbridge <jackandpat.d at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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
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