const int JET_2_VERSION_NUMBER_START = 1;
const int JET_VERSION_NUMBER_START = 21;
const int LENGTH = 1;
FileStream fs = new FileStream(textBox1.Text, FileMode.Open, FileAccess.Read, FileShare.Read);
BinaryReader br = new BinaryReader(fs);
string str = new string(br.ReadChars(VERSION_STRING_SIZE));
MessageBox.Show(str);
if (str.Substring(JET_2_VERSION_NUMBER_START-1, LENGTH) == string.Format("{0}", (char)1))
MessageBox.Show("Microsoft Access 2");
else if (str.Substring(JET_VERSION_NUMBER_START-1, LENGTH) == string.Format("{0}", (char)0))
MessageBox.Show("Microsoft Access 97");
else if (str.Substring(JET_VERSION_NUMBER_START-1, LENGTH) == string.Format("{0}", (char)1))
MessageBox.Show("Microsoft Access 2000/2002");
else
MessageBox.Show("no"); // maybe it's 2007
br.Close();
fs.Close();