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Old March 9th, 2010, 06:26 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.gettingstarted
Claude Marsh
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Default 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.

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Old March 9th, 2010, 07:21 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.gettingstarted
Douglas J. Steele[_3_]
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Default 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.

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"Claude Marsh" wrote in message
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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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Old March 9th, 2010, 07:44 PM posted to microsoft.public.access.gettingstarted
John W. Vinson
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Default 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.

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John W. Vinson [MVP]
 




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