It could be a version incompatibility, but frankly I would be surprised it
was able to be opened and used in Access (MS just don't make tools that
easy)
If you were to go into Access to create them, it is very easy to do, and you
are guaranteed compatibility.
Wendy
Quote:
>Ok, this may be really dumb, but here goes. I use VB4, and create database
>files using the data manager (at the moment its' the only way I know how).
>When I try to send the .mdb file to someone to look at using his copy of
>Access, the file cannot be read. So it it a problem at my end, or are files
>created with the data manager unable to be read by Access? Also, if I were
>to create my .mdb files using another method, would Access then read them?
>Lastly, how difficult is it to create a .mdb file without using the data
>manager?
> John Maher
really dumb question