Developers extension - stand alone ?

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David Cleland

I am very pleased with my end application...... but I just checked the
folder within program files to find it puts a copy of the database in there-
what is to stop someone stealing your work from there ?

I thought the runtime was to protect the application ?

David
 
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Rick Brandt

David Cleland said:
I am very pleased with my end application...... but I just checked the
folder within program files to find it puts a copy of the database in there-
what is to stop someone stealing your work from there ?

I thought the runtime was to protect the application ?
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Nope. You can distribute an MDE instead of an MDB to protect your code.
You would have to implement User-Level security to protect anything else.
The former is completely effective while the latter can be hacked by the
determined.
 
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David Cleland

Nope. You can distribute an MDE instead of an MDB to protect your code.
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but an MDE requires access to be installed ? or can you run the extension
wizard on a mde ?

David
 
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Douglas J. Steele

An MDE requires Access to be installed, but if you have Access Developer
Extensions (ADE), that's what it does: install a royalty-free run-time
version of Access for those who don't already have Access installed.
 
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Rick Brandt

David Cleland said:
code.


but an MDE requires access to be installed ? or can you run the extension
wizard on a mde ?
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Running either an MDB or an MDE requires Access to be installed. The
developer's tools simply allows you to include a crippled version that is
installed with your app. Your actual file is not altered in any way by the
developer's tools.
 
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David Cleland

Running either an MDB or an MDE requires Access to be installed. The
developer's tools simply allows you to include a crippled version that is
installed with your app. Your actual file is not altered in any way by
the
developer's tools.
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David Cleland

Running either an MDB or an MDE requires Access to be installed. The
developer's tools simply allows you to include a crippled version that is
installed with your app. Your actual file is not altered in any way by
the
developer's tools.
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but if the person installs access they can then go to the folder and alter
the database - if it was an MBE in the folder that would stop it ?

David
 
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Albert D. Kallal

but if the person installs access they can then go to the folder and alter
the database - if it was an MBE in the folder that would stop it ?
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It would only stop them from modifying the forms, reports, code. It would
not stop them from modify the data.

As a general development practice, I sure you always distributed a mde to
your users. This good advice applies regardless of using the runtime.

And, as a general rule, it is assumed you are using a med when using the
runtime..but is not 100% a requirement.
 
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David Cleland

And, as a general rule, it is assumed you are using a med when using the
runtime..but is not 100% a requirement.
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So can I make an MDE then use the wizard to package the app up as I would an
MDB ?

Sorry what is a MED ?

David
 
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Douglas J. Steele

David Cleland said:
So can I make an MDE then use the wizard to package the app up as I would an
MDB ?
Yes.

Sorry what is a MED ?
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A typo for MDE?
 
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Albert D. Kallal

So can I make an MDE then use the wizard to package the app up as I would
an MDB ?
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Yes...as mentioned, it is generally assumed that by the time you get around
to using the runtime..you been using mde's. It is kind of a given assumption
since the runtime does not allow modifications of your applications..so you
might as well ensure that your application works as a mde. If you have some
code that modifies a form etc in desing mode, then it will not work as a
mde, and also will not work with the runtime. So, using a mde elimaontes
several possbilie issues and things you can do with a mdb, but not with a
mde. It just so happens that those same restrcitons appliy to the runtime.

Sorry what is a MED ?
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Spell checker change that one!!...Typo......should have been mde...
 
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