VB and different versions of Access

See whether the following KB articles help:
PRB: Error "Unrecognized Database Format" When You Upgrade to Access 2000 or
2002:
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://support.microsoft.com/?id=238401" target="_blank">http://support.microsoft.com/?id=238401</a>
FIX: The Data Form Wizard May Not Open an Access 2000 Database:
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://support.microsoft.com/?id=242010" target="_blank">http://support.microsoft.com/?id=242010</a>
HOWTO: Modify the Visual Data Manager (VISDATA) to Work with Access 2000
Databases:
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://support.microsoft.com/?id=252438" target="_blank">http://support.microsoft.com/?id=252438</a>
FIX: Unrecognized Database Format Error with Data Control or Data Form
Wizard:
<a style='text-decoration: underline;' href="http://support.microsoft.com/?id=257780" target="_blank">http://support.microsoft.com/?id=257780</a>



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"Bert" <bert.RemoveThis@hkhkhkf.com> wrote in message
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 > Hi Ive developed a VB app for an external client which accesses an Access
 > database. When Ive been designing the app Ive been using Access 97, but
the
 > client is using Access 2000. Because of security issues they did not give
me
 > a full database (not all data but same design). When I ship it out to them
 > they install the software which includes my database and folder to put it
in
 > then, they try to replace the database I supplied with the one they have
but
 > now problems arise with not finding the database, the error trapping I use
 > gets the message "Unrecognized database format" is this a problem
 > differences between the two versions off access and Ive got to reference
 > Access 2000 in my vb app, or is it an access security feature which I have
 > to program round or is it.....
 >
 > Any suggestions or ideas would be great...
 >
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