Distributing Access 2002 database to users without Access

[G Colahan]

What options are available to provide read-only access to
an Access database for users without a copy of Access 2002?
NOTE: The real-only users are on the same network as the
users who daily update the database.

 

[Van T. Dinh]

If you have the Microsoft Office XP Developer's edition,
you can create an installation package that install the
Access run-times with your front-end application so that
the workstations without full version of Access can use
your database. Read/write permission or Read-Only is your
choice in setting up the Access Security.

Alternatively, you can create snap-shot Reports so that
they can view the data using the Snapshot Viewer. The
drawback is that data is not dynamic in the Snap-shot and
someone has to create the Snapshot Reports.

HTH
Van T. Dinh
MVP (Access)