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AncientOne
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You need the developer edition of Access, which allows you to deploy Runtime versions of your applications.
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AncientOne has it right. There is no "compiling" done to the database, but it does package everythign you need for it to run on most Windows PCs. Once you create this "package" it is quite sizible and includes and installation package that acts like any other software installation. As for protecting you DB, you can ensure additional security by disableing the access to the db window under the startup options.
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I hate to be picky but
When you use the runtime version of Access to run an Access database, you WILL need to make modifications to your application to make it function properly. Read the FAQ's in the Microsoft knowledgebase and search here for more help.
implies that something happens to your app which is not the case. Your app as distributed by the packaging and deployment wizard in the developers edition, is not changed in any way. It is simply packged along with the runtime version of Microsoft Access. It is the runtime version of Access that the developer's edition gives you a license to distribute.
When you use the runtime version of Access to run an Access database, you WILL need to make modifications to your application to make it function properly. Read the FAQ's in the Microsoft knowledgebase and search here for more help.
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It was not meant to imply anything of the sort. If you want to run an Access database on a PC that doesn't have Acess pre-installed you have to provide the user with the application and a runtime version of Access. I am sorry if my original terminology was too inexact for you.
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Please don't take it personally but way too many people are confused by this issue. When they see something like this they don't read any further and assume that there is some product available to turn their databases into runtime versions. Just search the archives to see how many questions regarding how to make an executable of their database there are.
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Pat Hartman said:
Wait a minute Are You telling me all this HARD WORK AND I CANNOT MAKE MY ACCESS DATABASE AN EXE???!?!?!?!??!?!
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Fizzio said:Nope, now shut up whingeing and get back to work
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