There should be Save As options
Choose .accde
Copy the file chnage the file extension to accdr this will open the database as a runtime version.
...What are you trying to protect against...
...Renaming to .accdr doesn't protect anything since it is a trick that is becoming more widely known...
This isn't a conversion. It is simply a name change. I distribute as .accdr because unless someone goes to the effort to rename the file, it prevents a lot of potential accidents and is actually better behaved from a user perspective since it eliminates all possibility of getting to the navigation pane but it doesn't offer any security.But converting to Runtime file
Dear friend, if you want to hide the design you can just click at Office Button on left top of the button, and then click on 'access options' click on current database, then go to 'navigation' and checkout 'display navigation pane' and checkout 'allow full menus and allow default short cuts... at Ribbon and tool bar options. Then you just close your data base and again open it would hide entire design option.Hi,
I just finished a small Access-2013 database (accdb format).
Now I want to make it available to users.
How do I make an 'executable' (meaning that tables, forms, ... cannot be opened in design mode)?
Thanks.
Hi - if the user has a full copy of Access, can't they still modify Forms / Queries in an ACCDE file? I'm able to do so... I just can't get to VBA.