Is it possible to open an A2013 file using A2007 runtime? (1 Viewer)

[bob fitz]

Is it possible to open an A2013 file using A2007 runtime?

 

[MarkK]

Send me an A2013 file and I'll try it for you.

 

[gemma-the-husky]

it probably depends whether it uses any features not available in A2007, that would cause it not to run.

eg I found a feature in A2013 that didn't affect runability in A2003. I added alternate row colours to a report in A2013, and then found it still worked in A2003, without showing the alternate row colours. So I imagine that A2013 did this by creating a custom property. As the custom property would be not even tested in A2003, it still ran.

 

[bob fitz]

Send me an A2013 file and I'll try it for you.

The file below was created with A2013.
Thank you.

 

[MarkK]

Bob, I'm sorry, I just opened your file and realized I recently upgraded to Access 2010 on this machine. My laptop has 2007, but it's not here. Maybe someone else can test this, or I can test it tomorrow.

 

[bob fitz]

Bob, I'm sorry, I just opened your file and realized I recently upgraded to Access 2010 on this machine. My laptop has 2007, but it's not here. Maybe someone else can test this, or I can test it tomorrow.

Thanks Mark. If no one else steps in I would be very grateful for you trying it tomorrow.
Just for curiosity, did it work with A2010?

 

[MarkK]

Well, I just double clicked it and it opened, but hang on ...

Yeah, I can throw everything into design view in the .accdb file without errors, and if I change the extension to .accdr, it opens fine in the A2010 runtime, and I can add, edit and delete records in the main form and the subform.

Cheers,

 

[MarkK]

Bob:
I opened your .accdb file in A2007, and I successfully edited both object types, tables and forms.

I also renamed the file to .accdr so it opened as a runtime instance, and I was able to insert, edit, and delete records from the mainform and the subform.

All the best,