From: M Manley M on
Arvin,

Is there a list of known problems/issues in using Access 97 with Office 2007?
Is it possible to with Office 2007 merge letters with Access 97 as the data
source?

Thanks,
M Manley

"Arvin Meyer [MVP]" wrote:

> Sorry Xavier,
>
> Aaron has been trolling these newsgroups for some time. As this group is not
> monitored by Microsoft, he hasn't been banned. He was arrested and convicted
> for threatening someone here and is presently on probation. Practically
> nothing he says here has any value. Just ignore him and his remarks.
> --
> Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
> http://www.datastrat.com
> http://www.mvps.org/access
> http://www.accessmvp.com
>
>
> "Xavier" <Xavier(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:6BB5E949-C40F-4A79-98EF-FB89B0E12CA1(a)microsoft.com...
> > The customer is migrating this OLD dbs but we were assessing whether
> > having
> > the 2 versions on the same machine or isolated.
> >
> > "a a r o n . k e m p f @ g m a i l . c o" wrote:
> >
> >> of course they're not compatible.
> >> why the heck would you still be using Access 97?
> >>
> >> Access 2000 introduced the best option for using MS Access, this is
> >> known as 'Access Data Projects (ADP)'.
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> On Dec 15, 11:29 am, Xavier <Xav...(a)discussions.microsoft.com> wrote:
> >> > We installed access 97 and 2007 on the same TS 2008 however everytime I
> >> > would
> >> > work with Access 97, then open 2007 I get a window pop up saying
> >> > something
> >> > along the lines of "Please wait while we install Microsoft Office 2007
> >> > components", and likewise for Office 97. Then after working with office
> >> > 2007
> >> > and going back to 97, it changes the file associations
> >> >
> >> > Can someone tell me if access/office 2007 and access 97 are not
> >> > compatible
> >> > or how to work around this issues?
> >>
> >>
>
>
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