making exe files

[chris shayler]

does anyone know if it is possible to turn a database i
have done in access 2002 into a executable exe file and
how to do it? even if this is not possible i woul
dappreciate someone telling me that it is not possible to
do this. Thank you

 

[Neil]

It is not possible to do this.
If you want an exe file you would have to make a Visual Basic program and
attached the database to the application (but this is realy inventing the
wheel so to speek).

HTH,

Neil.

 

[Van T. Dinh]

It is NOT possible.

The best you can do if you have the Microsoft Office Developer's Edition
(MOD) is to create an installation package which install the Access
run-times with your MDB / MDE file so that people who does not have Access
can use your database application.

If you look at alternative like stand-alone VB which you can create an exe,
you still need somewhere to store the user data besides the EXE anyway. If
you use JET as the database engine for your VB application, then the VB will
need a JET MDB file on top of the EXE.