Prevent others steal my access database

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Hi
could someone plz tell me how can i prevent others to copy my access
database to another computers and run it .
I have spent 1000 hours creating a database for a company, but they may sell
it without my notice or they may change my name on startup form easily.
by the way , converting MDB into MDE only locks the form but it can be still
copied and run on other computers.
How can i make my database work only on the PC which i have installed or in
other means is there any way to prevent access DBs work on other computers?
thanks alot
 
It depends on how the company has been paying you. AFAIK, if you are being
paid as an employee, the database BELONGS to the company, NOT you. If you
devloped the database under contract, then it depends on what specified in
the contract.

So be beware that you may be stealing the database from the company, NOT the
other way around.

See Tony Toews' ideas in:

http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/demo.htm
 
Van T. Dinh said:
It depends on how the company has been paying you. AFAIK, if you are being
paid as an employee, the database BELONGS to the company, NOT you. If you
devloped the database under contract, then it depends on what specified in
the contract.
Click to expand...

This can also depend on the laws in your country.

Tony
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Me said:
Hi
could someone plz tell me how can i prevent others to copy my access
database to another computers and run it .
I have spent 1000 hours creating a database for a company, but they may sell
it without my notice or they may change my name on startup form easily.
by the way , converting MDB into MDE only locks the form but it can be still
copied and run on other computers.
How can i make my database work only on the PC which i have installed or in
other means is there any way to prevent access DBs work on other computers?
thanks alot
Click to expand...

Assuming that the product belongs to you and a copy is not currently in
their hands you may be able to use a dongle to protect it. (A google search
will tell you what a dongle is)

The answer in any other case is that you probably can't stop them without
investing more money into attorney fees than you will ever get out of the
product.
 
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