Note...I just installed the "converter version" 10.00.01.07, but I do not know the steps to open project, convert project, and save project as the latest version. I assume there is no way to batch convert? We literally about 1000 legacy projects that will need to get updated if we wish to keep the old data (which we do :-)
thanks!
Hi Meredith,
The only files that would need to be converted are the ones that were created in very old versions and have never been compacted or repaired in a version from the last 10 years or so that are still in Access 97. I wouldn't assume all files that weren't created in the latest version need to be converted. In fact most do not. It would only be really old files.
Open gINT 10.00.01.07 goto Utilities..Repair/Compact Databases pick the project you want to repair. There should be a button already set by default to convert Access 97 to 2000 Hit Execute.
You can select more than one file at a time, but that feature was never intended for mass amounts files. I wouldn't recommend doing very many at one time. I would recommend keeping copies of the very old files in case something happens during the repair process.
You will not lose any data in the old files even if they are not converted.
See Also
If you think these should open you can get a similar message if the Microsoft Access Database engine needs to be repaired
Kirk, thanks for the quick response. This does not appear to be my issue. I have a number of projects that have actually been created much more recently than that, that suddenly will not open with the most recent (?) version of gINT...even tho they were working just a week or so ago. It seems to have something to do with a Windows update but I have no idea. They will OPEN in the previous version, but I need to be able to use the latest software. So....where do I go from here?
Then this is most likely a problem with the Microsoft Access Database engine on your machine. See here for instructions to repair it.
If that doesn't fix then you will have to convert first as described previously
huh. Actually, I went and tried your first solution just for giggles, and it worked. Yay!
(I had previously done the Access database engine repair). So....here's my thought, the issue may be with our data template? Which is what we created all of our project files with and IS well over 10 years old? :-) Can I pull the same trick with our data template? I'll still have to repair all of the old databases....but at least we'll be able to fix things moving forward...
Yep.. Absolutely .. gINT files are Access Database files,including the Datatemplate (.gdt)