Protecting an application

[biggles]

I have developed an application which I want to keep safe from being tampered with by user.s So once a .mdb database application has been developed what is the best way to then distribute the application to a client (customer who has paid for the application) so that the application can't then be tampered with ?

Cheers
Frank

 

[RuralGuy]

Releasing it as an MDE strips out all of the source code.

 

[RuralGuy]

Keep in mind that you must always maintain your MDB file so you have the source code. You should also disable the <SHIFT> ByPass sequence in the MDE. The MDE requires very good error handling to keep from handing the user some cryptic error and aborting.

 

[biggles]

Cheers RuralGuy, big help thanks.......

If the user doesn't have MS/Access installed will I need to do anything else ?

maybe add 'Runtime', how would I do that ?

 

[RuralGuy]

Here's a link that should be helpful.