Peter
I'm not sure if what you wrote is really true. I think an MDE file will still need MS Access to be installed on the computer for the MDE to run. However, with Office 2007 you can download free Access Runtime module which can convert your access application to some kind of a standalone program i.e. can run on a machine which doesn't have Access installed. Or am I missing something here? Regards Liveson From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Peter T. Fairchild Sent: Monday, 26 October, 2009 22:25 To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [ms_access] DEVELOPER'S TOOL KIT What you are talking about in Access is the distributed file, an MDE. This file can be given to someone that does not have access and they can run the database. That means they can enter data, delete data, modify data but they cannot change the structure in any way. You do this from Tools, Database Utilities, Make MDE file. When that file is made, you can give it anyone and it works like the run time you are referring to. Kind regards, Peter -- Peter T. Fairchild Consultant en Informatique [email protected] <mailto:peterfairchild%40bluewin.ch> +41-(0)79-715-9155 Portable +41-(0)21-800-4044 Office "Form and Function are one" Frank Lloyd Wright 1867 - 1959 Eugene Fleming wrote: > Sir, > I do not know if it is true of MS ACCESS, but some programs have what is called a "runtime" module that will allow a program to be run but not created of the user-receiver's system. For example, Microsoft has a free MS Power Point viewer that lets the user view the Power Point presentations but is not capable of making new presentations. There was a similar program for the old Emerald Bay database -- much like the DOS dBASE III. I have never really gone looking for and MS ACCESS runtime module. I too would very much like to have one. > A database runtime module might or might not allow users to add data to an existing database. > > Gene Fleming > > --- On Mon, 10/12/09, ruel_cespedes <[email protected] <mailto:ruel_cespedes%40yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > From: ruel_cespedes <[email protected] <mailto:ruel_cespedes%40yahoo.com> > > Subject: [ms_access] DEVELOPER'S TOOL KIT > To: [email protected] <mailto:ms_access%40yahoogroups.com> > Date: Monday, October 12, 2009, 12:27 PM > > > > > > > I have an Access File that I would like to distribute to people who do not have MS Access on there computer. Does anyone know what is required? What are the issues? What are the obstacles to be aware of? > > Thanks! > > Ruel > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ------------------------------------ > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
