In some situations, the users of a shared Microsoft Access database may not all be able to upgrade to Microsoft Access 2000 at the same time. You can share an Access database with users of different versions of Microsoft Access, without having to alter your original database. You can upgrade parts of an Access database to Microsoft Access 2000 so that it can take advantage of many new features, and still use the original unchanged database for users of previous versions of Microsoft Access. Users of all versions can share the same data.
You can use this strategy whether your Access database is in one file, or is a front-end/back-end application. To use an Access database that is one file in several versions of Microsoft Access, convert it to a front-end/back-end application. The data in the back end remains in the oldest version of Microsoft Access, and you use a front end that has been converted to Access 2000.
To use a front-end/back-end application with several versions of Microsoft Access, convert the front end of the application.
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