Creating an executable

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Dwain

Hi

I have a small db with only 5 screens. What I'd like to do
now is create an executable so I can put it on a user's
desktop. I'd like to have a shortcut that would open up
the main menu so they can use the screens without having
to open Access and then the project.

Thanks
Dwain
 
Dwain,

What you want to do is not possible. Access has no capability for creating
stand-alone exe files - never has.

In order to distribute your Access database application to users who do not
have a full copy of MS Access installed on their individual computers, you
must own the Microsoft Office Developer edition for your version of
Office/Access. Developer Edition supplies you with tools and a royalty-free
license to distribute your database with a runtime version of Access which
allows the user to open and run the database but not make design changes.
 
Dwain said:
Hi

I have a small db with only 5 screens. What I'd like to do
now is create an executable so I can put it on a user's
desktop. I'd like to have a shortcut that would open up
the main menu so they can use the screens without having
to open Access and then the project.
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You can't make an executable from an Access file. You can certainly have a
desktop shortcut that will directly open the file, but they will need
either a licensed version of Access installed or the Runtime which you
could include with your file if you had the Developer's Edition of Office.
 
Hi,

as your system is not big, you should have developed it in Visual Basic 6,
then you would be able to distribute EXEs.

Luiz Cláudio C. V. Rocha
São Paulo - Brazil
 
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