Easy Ques. on Saving my Form (Access 2000)

[Renee Cohn]

Hi all!

This forum has been invaluable to me, so I'd like to begin
by just thanking everyone out there who is answering these
questions. I obviously have NO idea what I'm doing on
Access and it's nice to know someone is listening...

Anyway, here's the deal: I want to save my database and
use it on my laptop to work on it. They both have Access
2000. However, when I went to open it on the laptop, it
was "read-only." I checked the properties of the original,
which naturally isn't read-only (it was "archive" or
something like that), so I am left with an Access database
which I can't access!

Thank you for any help you can provide. And have a nice
week!

Renee

 

[chas]

Hi Renee,

Did you copy it from a CD?

If so, on your laptop, locate the mdb file, right-click it
and choose Properties. Make sure that Read-Only is NOT
selected.

hth

chas

 

[Renee Cohn]

Hiya Chas,

I copied it to a CD not from one (the original is on my
desktop)...

I located the file on the laptop, right-clicked it and saw
that Read-Only WAS checked in Properties. But when I went
to un-check it, it told me that this operation could not
be done; that it was ONLY read-only and that I couldn't
change that.

I re-burned it onto a new CD and had the same problem. Am
I missing something obvious??

Thanks for taking the time to respond.
Regards,
Renee

 

[chas]

Hi Renee,

you are copying it off of the CD onto your laptops hard
disk right? A CD-ROM is exactly what it says (Read Only
Media) so you will not be able to make changes to the
database while it is still on the CD.

hth

chas

 

[Renee Cohn]

Hey Chas,

....Afraid I had saved it to the hard-drive from the disc
and had the same problem when I went to open it (read-
only). Is it possible that it's the wrong type of CD?

I am using a R, not a RW...

Sorry to keep pestering you with this! Thanks again for
your time,

Renee

 

[Renee]

Thank you Mr. Spencer...Tht was my exact problem; you're a
star! I feel a little silly, but at least I can get on
with my database.

Thanks so much, again, for your help. It's really generous
of you to devote your time to helping us silly computer
idiots out!

Have a lovely day,
Renee