Do MDB's require Access?

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Tim Wilson

I've been searching for an answer to this but have yet to come up with
something so here goes:
Does Access need to be installed in order to perform searching/updating/etc.
on a MDB database programmatically? Or could I get away with a [.Net
Framework] + [MDAC 2.7] + [Jet 4.0] configuration without Access, or
something similar?

Thanks
 
Let me qualify what Norman said: if you are talking about accessing an MDB
that contains tables and relationships, that is a Jet database engine
database, and there are a number of ways to access it: vbscript, javascript
in .asps, or C++ or VB calling DAO or ADO.

If you want to take advantage of the Access forms, reports, macros, or
modules -- you'd have to have Access, either retail or the runtime from the
Developer Tools.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP



Norman Yuan said:
No, you do not need MS Access installed.

Tim Wilson said:
I've been searching for an answer to this but have yet to come up with
something so here goes:
Does Access need to be installed in order to perform searching/updating/etc.
on a MDB database programmatically? Or could I get away with a [.Net
Framework] + [MDAC 2.7] + [Jet 4.0] configuration without Access, or
something similar?

Thanks
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Thanks for the information. Much appreciated.

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Tim Wilson
..Net Compact Framework MVP

Larry Linson said:
Let me qualify what Norman said: if you are talking about accessing an MDB
that contains tables and relationships, that is a Jet database engine
database, and there are a number of ways to access it: vbscript, javascript
in .asps, or C++ or VB calling DAO or ADO.

If you want to take advantage of the Access forms, reports, macros, or
modules -- you'd have to have Access, either retail or the runtime from the
Developer Tools.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP



Norman Yuan said:
No, you do not need MS Access installed.

Tim Wilson said:
I've been searching for an answer to this but have yet to come up with
something so here goes:
Does Access need to be installed in order to perform searching/updating/etc.
on a MDB database programmatically? Or could I get away with a [.Net
Framework] + [MDAC 2.7] + [Jet 4.0] configuration without Access, or
something similar?

Thanks
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