Permissions Greyed Out

[TKnight]

Hi,

I have secured a DB and everything is tickety boo except for the fact that I want to be able to administer permissions from the FE (MDE) and the modify permissions button that i have put on a custom toolbar is greyed out when I log in?

I have full admin rights on my group and own all the objects and Access lets me assign all the permissions if I enable the shift bypass and enter the development MDB that way but that's quite a bit of hassle if I want to just change a permission or two.

Can anyone tell me why it won't let me change them?

Thanks, Tom

 

[ghudson]

You can not alter the design of a MDE. You will have to make your design changes to the MDB and then convert it to a MDE to give to your users. For that reason you should always make backup copies of the MDB for you will never be able to convert a MDE back to a MDB.