32 Bit accde as reference in 64 bit access

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I have an accdb file that I can compile both with 32 bit access on machine 1 and 64 bit access on machine 2. I generated an accde file say a.accde on the 32 bit machine. I have used Ptrsafe to ensure that it can be used regardless of the bitness.

However, when I try to add reference to a.accde on a database b.accdb on machine 2 (64 bit access), it fails with the message "Can't add a reference to the specified file." I thought that if I can compile a.accdb on machine 2 (64 bit) then it has all valid definition from bitness perspective.

Am I missing something? What else can cause above error?
 
When you compile a database file to ACCDE, it can only be used in the same hotness bitness as the machine that compiled it. PtrSafe only works with ACCDB files.
 
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"hotness" should of course be read as 'bitness' 😎
 

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