afraid to open in 2003

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William Allen

When I began the process of opening a database created in
AccessXP with Access 2003, I got messages about sandboxes
and security. While I'm content to have security
increased, should I fear that once I've opened a database
in 2003 that database will not be available to people
using Access XP or 2000?
 
The short answer is if it's your database, no.

The security issue revolves around Macro security and the signing of macros
with a digital certificate.

You can set security to LOW and not see any of these warnings. If the
database is one on which you are developing there's little likelihood of
malicious danger. You can self-certify on your machine...check HELP.
 
No, opening the database in Access 2003 will not prevent it being opened in
Access 2002 or (if it is in Access 2000 format) in Access 2000. There is one
issue to be aware of, however. If you sign the code with a digital signature
in Access 2003, while the database can still be opened in the earlier
versions (which do not support code signing) the VBA code is no longer
viewable or editable in those earlier versions. You will need to remove the
digital signature in Access 2003 before the code can be edited or viewed in
Access 2002 or Access 2000.
 
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