ACC2000: Cannot Import/Link Data in Enabled Database

ID: Q208803

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

When you open a database created with an earlier version of Microsoft Access without converting the database (enabling it), you are unable to link or to import data.


RESOLUTION

You can either convert the database to the version of Microsoft Access you're opening it with or use the version of Microsoft Access the database was created in to open the database and to import the data.


MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

  1. Start Microsoft Access.


  2. Open a database created with an earlier version of Microsoft Access.


  3. In the Convert/Open Database box, click the Open Database option and click OK.


  4. Click the File menu.


    5. Note that the Get External Data command is unavailable.


REFERENCES

For more information about opening Microsoft Access databases created in earlier versions of Microsoft Access, click Microsoft Access Help on the Help menu, type "Conversion and Compatibility Issues" in the Office Assistant or the Answer Wizard, and then click Search to view the topic.

Additional query words: prb 


Keywords          : kbinterop kbdta CnvRunPre IsmIea 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: May 13, 1999