Question about mde file

[Joe Cilinceon]

I've have just about finished my little project and had a strange problem
arise today that hasn't happened before. Since the beginning of this I've
been writing the app on one machine, I'll call that build machine and then
coping them to the another (work) machine. Today I replaced the complete app
(mde with a fresh _be, which I have done hundreds of times since the
beginning. When I started it up it wouldn't allow access to the back end
though it seemed to work fine. I kept getting an error message about not
having rights to access the back end. I then copied the mdb file to the work
machine and created a new mde and it worked fine. Now the original mde is
also working fine on the build machine. I've simply been coping the backend
and mde to the work machine via CD-RW.

 

[Albert D.Kallal]

Often, when you transfer fields via a cd (or cd-rw), the files on the target
computer are marked as "read only"

So, check the settings of the file(s) (this is a windows setting...not
ms-access). Just right click on the file->properties. Make note of the read
only setting...and un-check it...

Further, remember, that each file on a windows XP machine can inherit
security settings for EACH individual file..you might want to further check
the permissions of the files also (this issue depends on the type of
security settings used on the target machines).

 

[Joe Cilinceon]

Thanks Albert I'll check the things you mentioned but I think it was the
read only setting.