Can I prevent others from copying my MS Access DB Program

[Faz]

I deleloped a database program for small business that i sell and would like
to prevent these business from making copies of my MS Access DB and giving
them to similar business. How can I do this?

 

[Todos Menos [MSFT]]

A) use Access Data Projects
B) don't give them security to your database server instance
c) use the WITH ENCRYPTION clause in order to encrypt the SQL Server
Sprocs and VIews

Hope that helps

-Todos

 

[Tony Toews [MVP]]

I deleloped a database program for small business that i sell and would like
to prevent these business from making copies of my MS Access DB and giving
them to similar business.

Tools available from sites such as sysinternals.com can crack any
method you use to store a future date anywhere on a system such as in
the registry or a file. Unless it's encrypted. But even then if you
delete the date from wherever it's stored your app may think it's just
installed.

Thus I prefer to limit the number of records in one key table such as
5 units or 50 volunteers but allow unlimited access for everything
else. Once I get paid then I email them an encrypted file containing
the number of records they are licensed for as well as their company
name which goes on the bottom of every page of every report.

For more of my thoughts on this topic see the "Copy protection or how
to safely distribute a demo Microsoft Access Application" page at
http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/demo.htm

Tony
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[Tony Toews [MVP]]

Todos Menos is not a Microsoft employee. This posting is by A a r o n
K e m p f.

Tony
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[James A. Fortune]

Tools available from sites such as sysinternals.com can crack any

BTW, According to:

http://www.microsoft.com/technet/sysinternals/default.mspx

"Microsoft acquired Sysinternals in July, 2006."

James A. Fortune
(e-mail address removed)

 

[Faz]

Thanks a lot. I really appreciate the response. I will look into these
suggestions, especially Tony's. Currently I do not know how to implement
limiting the number of records or anything about encription, but i will look
into it. I have a copy of visual studio for office which i bought so that i
can install the MsAccess run-time engine on computers without MsAccess
applications. Is there anything in this package that i can use?

 

[Tony Toews [MVP]]

I have a copy of visual studio for office which i bought so that i
can install the MsAccess run-time engine on computers without MsAccess
applications. Is there anything in this package that i can use?

No, there isn't.

Tony
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