Application.ConvertAccessProject method (Access)

Converts the specified Microsoft Access file from one version to another.

Syntax

expression.ConvertAccessProject (SourceFilename, DestinationFilename, DestinationFileFormat)

expression A variable that represents an Application object.

Parameters

Name	Required/Optional	Data type	Description
SourceFilename	Required	String	The name of the Access file to convert. If a path isn't specified, Access looks for the file in the current directory.
DestinationFilename	Required	String	The name of the file where Access saves the converted file. If a path isn't specified, Access saves the file in the current directory.
DestinationFileFormat	Required	AcFileFormat	An AcFileFormat constant that specifies the format of the converted file.

Return value

Nothing

Remarks

The file specified by DestinationFilename cannot already exist, or an error occurs.

Example

The following example converts the specified Access 97 file to an Access 2000 file in the same directory.

Application.ConvertAccessProject _ 
 SourceFilename:="C:\My Documents\Sales-Access97.mdb", _ 
 DestinationFilename:="C:\My Documents\Sales-Access2000.mdb", _ 
 DestinationFileFormat:=acFileFormatAccess2000 

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