[AccessD] Access 32-64 bit question

Arthur Fuller fuller.artful at gmail.com
Fri Nov 12 16:04:10 CST 2021


I was praying for a better solution, but oh Well. So I uninstall Office 365
and then reinstall Office 2007 and then reinstall Office 365, which, seeing
the previous installation, will install the 32-bit version.. There goes
another entire days's work. Such is life.

On Fri, Nov 12, 2021 at 1:12 PM Jim Dettman via AccessD <
accessd at databaseadvisors.com> wrote:

>
> It recompiles the VBA code on the fly to 64 bit.
>
> If it can't do that, it does not allow you to open the DB.  You'll get:
>
> "This database was created with the 32-bit version of Microsoft Access.
> Please open it with the 32-bit version of Microsoft Access."
>
> Office 64 bit can only run in 64 bit mode and Office 32 bit can only run in
> 32 bit mode.
>
> Jim.
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: AccessD On Behalf Of Arthur Fuller
> Sent: Friday, November 12, 2021 1:03 PM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> Subject: [AccessD] Access 32-64 bit question
>
> Assume Access 365 53-bit. Assume an Access 32-bit ACCDB. How does Access
> load it? Does it simply load it as 32-bit and run it, or try to convert it?
> And if the latter, and the conversion fails, then what happens? Does Access
> revert to 32-bit (not the program, but the way it accesses the file of
> interest)?
>
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