Saving 2007 Database as 2003

[Bascotie]

Hey everyone,

I am turning in my project, problem is I need to turn it in as a 2003 project. Now whenever I save it as 2003 it does not save all my queries/reports/forms only the tables. How can I save everything as a 2003 file?

 

[datAdrenaline]

What is the process you are using to convert the file to a A2003 file format? .. Also, are you using a "split" configuration?

 

[Bascotie]

nevermind ive already turned this in thank you for your time though. I just didnt know how to save everything all in one package from my 2007 file to a 2003 file

 

[statsman]

One of the difficulties with Microsoft software is the problem you have described.

Once you purchase a new version of a package, Microsoft will allow you to take your old database, document or spreadsheet and easily transform it into the new version. It is as though no one at Microsoft ever thought anyone would like to do the opposite. Regressing to an older version is generally difficult if not impossible.

 

[rustyCrVx]

So is this doable at all? At our office we have 2003 and 2007 being used simultaneously and since I had no experience with 2007 I decided to start working on a lot of the issues our 2007 users were finding and to get a good feel for what they were experiencing (their descriptions were pitiful at best) I started using 2007 making quite a bit of progress. I kept the 2003 f/e I had been working on but with all the changes made with my 2007 version I was, apparently, putting too much trust into Microsoft (stupid I know) and now I can't turn the damn thing back to 2003 no matter what I've tried.

I was just about to just try tracking down the changes made on my 2007 and more or less copy/pasting them to the 2003 and just working on the two of them simultaneously but thought I'd make a quick search. So basically, is it worth it to deal with converting in the reverse 2007->2003 or should I just keep working on them separately? Bc like I said, it's no use working on just 2003 and converting to 2007 like I was before, our 2003 users have certain problems the 2007 guys don't and viceversa.

Hope that made sense, I'm pretty damn irritated at this office today and this Access issue isn't helping.