Read only after emailing

[ukgarth]

Hi all,

I have e-mailed a database and when it arrives at the other end it is read only. I sent it in a zip file.

Using MS access 2003, emailing through a corporates firewall.

Any help would be much appriciated.

 

[stephen81]

Has the recipient actually properly unzipped the zip file or are they opening the database from within the zip file?

 

[ukgarth]

Hi,

Yes they unzipped it, it seems that if they unzip it onto the server they have read write permissions, but if done locally, i.e. on their C: drive it is read only. The chosen solution is to run it from the server.

If anyone knows why this should be happening though I would be very interested to know why.

Thanks

 

[stephen81]

Check the permissions for the folder they're unzipping it to.