Trusted publisher / Digital Signature

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Dale Fye

I've been using A2007 for several months now, and really need to resolve an
issue with digital signatures and the trusted publisher.

When working in A2003, all I had to do was digitally sign my mdb or mde, and
my users could elect to save the file to a trusted location, or add me to
their trusted publishers list.

Now, when I try to digitally sign an accdb, I get a message to use the
Publisher, which creates an accdc file, which is digitally signed.

However, when my users get this accdc file, and open it, it asks them to
extract the accdb file to a location on their system. Unfortunately, this
accdb file is not digitally signed, so every time they go to open it, they
are presented with the Options button. Unfortunately, my govt client
recently implemented proceedures to prevent users from having trusted
locations, so now there doesn't appear to be a way to digitally sign them
accdb file, which provides the users with unrestricted access to the
application.

If I convert the file to an accde, I have to enable macros before I make the
conversion. But when I do that, the file still is not digitally signed, so
when the users open it, it presents them with the "A potential security
concern has been identified" dialog box.

Is there any way to digitally sign the accde file so that all the users have
to do is accept my signature as a trusted publisher?
 

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