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Can I save application as .exe file
I have created several successful Access applications in the past. I need an
application that can be maintained on several different computers which may not all have MS Office installed. Can I put the complete database on a CD so different people can update the data? I guess that this means the application would have to be a .exe file and maybe use CD-RW CDs so it can be written to on different computers. Really Gone |
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Can I save application as .exe file
There's never been an ability to create an executable from an Access
database, and I wouldn't expect there ever to be such a capability. Take a look at what Tony Toews has at http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/developereditionfaq.htm for some alternatives. -- Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://www.AccessMVP.com/DJSteele (no e-mails, please!) "Claude Marsh" wrote in message ... I have created several successful Access applications in the past. I need an application that can be maintained on several different computers which may not all have MS Office installed. Can I put the complete database on a CD so different people can update the data? I guess that this means the application would have to be a .exe file and maybe use CD-RW CDs so it can be written to on different computers. Really Gone |
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Can I save application as .exe file
On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 09:26:02 -0800, Claude Marsh
wrote: I have created several successful Access applications in the past. I need an application that can be maintained on several different computers which may not all have MS Office installed. Can I put the complete database on a CD so different people can update the data? I guess that this means the application would have to be a .exe file and maybe use CD-RW CDs so it can be written to on different computers. Really Gone No, you cannot. An Access .mdb/.accdb/.mde/.accde file is not in itself a program; it needs the Access software to run it. What you *can* do is get the (free) Access Runtime software and install it along with your application so users without retail Access can use it. -- John W. Vinson [MVP] |
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