MS Access Database file into another format

J

Jay

I have a MS Access database file which i would like to use on the few
computers which DOES NOT have the access installed. Is there a way to conver
the .mdb into another file format so the other computer without the access
can run the database?

help is much appreciated.

Kind regards,
Jay
 
G

Gordon

Jay said:
I have a MS Access database file which i would like to use on the few
computers which DOES NOT have the access installed. Is there a way to
conver
the .mdb into another file format so the other computer without the access
can run the database?

help is much appreciated.

Kind regards,
Jay
Click to expand...

How do you mean "run the database"? You generally can't "run a database"
without some form of database application.
Could you post some more details about what the database contains and what
these workstations would be doing with the data?
 
J

Jay

Gordon,

We have a database file which contains cleints contacts, i would like other
computers on the network to access this database file. We do not have mutilpe
copies of access so i would like to know if the .mdb file can be connverted
into a runtime applicaton so that it can be accessed by other computer. The
clients will only be inserting and viewing records. I have found some
articles on the internet about using the Visual Studio for office tools but
have no ideal of this aprocach.

Thanks
 
G

Gordon

Jay said:
Gordon,

We have a database file which contains cleints contacts, i would like
other
computers on the network to access this database file. We do not have
mutilpe
copies of access so i would like to know if the .mdb file can be
connverted
into a runtime applicaton so that it can be accessed by other computer.
The
clients will only be inserting and viewing records. I have found some
articles on the internet about using the Visual Studio for office tools
but
have no ideal of this aprocach.
Click to expand...

Depending on the quantity of records I believe you can export to Excel. (Not
too familiar with Access myself....)
 
B

Bob I

At best, you could only view the records already contained in the
database. If you wanted the ability to add items you will need to have
MS Access installed to do that.
 
J

JCS

Hi Jay,

The answer to your question is that you can create a run-time version of
your Access database. And I believe it is royalty free. The fly in the
ointment is that it is not easy to do. I've done it once in Version 2
(1990's vintage) and it was painful. But I was able to put it on a server
from which those who did not have a copy of Access installed on their
workstastions could make changes to the database. If you need and idea on
how to accomplish you need to post to the Access user's group.

If this helps, please press Yes.

JCS
 
Top