Read Design Permission

[Daniel Dickover]

What exactly is 'Read Design' used for? I figured that my users would not need to have read design permission on my forms so I did not give it to them. However, when they open a certain form for the second time after opening the database, the whole thing crashes with an illegal operation. I noticed that it did not happen to me with full permissions so I gave the DataUser group 'Read Design' on all forms and now it is fine. Why is this necessary and should I allow read design for DataUsers on my reports?

Thanks

Dan

 

[TC]

Read Design gives Access (or Jet, whatever) permission to look at the
definition of the object; for example, to see the list of fields defined for
a table object, & the characteristics of each field. Without that
permission, Access (Jet, whatever) will not be able to use the object, at
all. It's like saying this: in order to cook a meal in your kitchen, I need
permission to go into it & see where all the pots & pans are.

HTH,
TC

What exactly is 'Read Design' used for? I figured that my users would

not need to have read design permission on my forms so I did not give it to
them. However, when they open a certain form for the second time after
opening the database, the whole thing crashes with an illegal operation. I
noticed that it did not happen to me with full permissions so I gave the
DataUser group 'Read Design' on all forms and now it is fine. Why is this
necessary and should I allow read design for DataUsers on my reports?