3ds max 7 help plz

[87rub]

hi all i got a scene for 3ds max and it wont open keeps saying missing dlls and wont open the file.i spoke to someone and they said that the scene i was trying to open was made in 8 so it wont open in my version 7. i was just wondering if i get 89 would the scence open then
thanks for any replys hope your not confused lol

[Catlin]

i think i undeerstand

If you got the file from somewhere else then it would come with certain things that he used to build and that his version of max uses.so therefore some files are missing it could either be the different version of max or he could have used a certain plugin.

[87rub]

yer sorry just seen my spelling oops must of typed too fast
the person i got the scene used max 8 so was thinking if i get 9 would it open on that as cant get max 8
cheers again