Re: [LegacyUG] Access database
ronald ferguson wrote: It can be opened using OpenOffice.org Base which is available Free. Details on how to open the file are given in the tutorial section of my fergys.co website (url below) on opening a Legacy .fdb file. Ron Ferguson You can also download MDB Viewer Plus ( http://www.filecluster.com/downloads/MDB-Viewer-Plus.html ) Quote MDB Viewer Plus is a freeware viewer plus an editor for Access MDB files. MDB Viewer Plus requires no install to run provided that Microsoft Data Access Components (MDAC) is installed on your computer (In most versions of Windows this is the case). MDB Viewer Plus has been written to provide a free and quick easy way to view, edit and search MDB files without having Microsoft Access installed. It is not a full database development solution but does allow you to view MDB files without an Access license End quote I have used it and it is convenient for a quick look or edit. -- Gene Y. n2kvs Researching Young, Zies, Harer & Cox with Legacy Family Tree http://h1.ripway.com/egptech/ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
RE: [LegacyUG] Access database
It can be opened using OpenOffice.org Base which is available Free. Details on how to open the file are given in the tutorial section of my fergys.co website (url below) on opening a Legacy .fdb file. Ron Ferguson _ Tutorials: Programme of adding videos commenced http://www.fergys.co.uk/ View the Grimshaw Family Tree at: http://www.fergys.co.uk/Grimshaw/ For The Fergusons of N.W. England See: http://myweb.tiscali.co.uk/fergys/ _ > From: kin-hunte...@cox.net > To: LegacyUserGroup@legacyfamilytree.com > Subject: [LegacyUG] Access database > Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:29:34 -0500 > > > > > > > > > > > I was just sent a file with an extension > of .mdb and can't open it. I find that extension is for an Access database > and I don't have Access on my computer. I'm running XP and MS Office > 2003. Can anyone of you computer geeks out there tell me how I can open > this file some other way? I have no knowledge of Access so is there some > way for the owner of the database to move the file to something I can > open? > > > > Thanks _ Celebrate a decade of Messenger with free winks, emoticons, display pics, and more. http://clk.atdmt.com/UKM/go/157562755/direct/01/ Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Access database
If the file is supposed to be a Legacy file (I don't think the OP specified), they should just rename it to .fdb and open it in Legacy. -- Dennis Kowallek (LTools) http://zippersoftware.com/ltools http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ltools *** On Wed, 22 Jul 2009 14:40:36 -0500, RUNION ROBERT wrote: >You might try inserting your MS OFFICE 2003 disc in you drive and see >if the Access program isn't there. I have MS Office 2003 and there >are about 8 programs on it, including Access. Try installing it. > >Bob > >On Jul 22, 2009, at 2:29 PM, Pat Jones wrote: > >> I was just sent a file with an extension of .mdb and can't open it. >> I find that extension is for an Access database and I don't have >> Access on my computer. I'm running XP and MS Office 2003. Can >> anyone of you computer geeks out there tell me how I can open this >> file some other way? I have no knowledge of Access so is there some >> way for the owner of the database to move the file to something I >> can open? >> >> Thanks Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
Re: [LegacyUG] Access database
You might try inserting your MS OFFICE 2003 disc in you drive and see if the Access program isn't there. I have MS Office 2003 and there are about 8 programs on it, including Access. Try installing it. Bob On Jul 22, 2009, at 2:29 PM, Pat Jones wrote: I was just sent a file with an extension of .mdb and can't open it. I find that extension is for an Access database and I don't have Access on my computer. I'm running XP and MS Office 2003. Can anyone of you computer geeks out there tell me how I can open this file some other way? I have no knowledge of Access so is there some way for the owner of the database to move the file to something I can open? Thanks Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
[LegacyUG] Access database
I was just sent a file with an extension of .mdb and can't open it. I find that extension is for an Access database and I don't have Access on my computer. I'm running XP and MS Office 2003. Can anyone of you computer geeks out there tell me how I can open this file some other way? I have no knowledge of Access so is there some way for the owner of the database to move the file to something I can open? Thanks Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
[LegacyUG] Access database table and field descriptions
I once had a listing of Legacy's field and table descriptions used in the database, (access2000) but I cannot find it. Anyone know where i can find it? Thanks - Park yourself in front of a world of choices in alternative vehicles. Visit the Yahoo! Auto Green Center. Legacy User Group guidelines: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Etiquette.asp Archived messages: http://www.mail-archive.com/legacyusergroup@legacyfamilytree.com/ Online technical support: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/Help.asp To unsubscribe: http://www.LegacyFamilyTree.com/LegacyLists.asp
