I have created several successful Access applications in the past. I need an
application that can be maintained on several different computers which may
not all have MS Office installed. Can I put the complete database on a CD so
different people can update the data? I guess that this means the application
would have to be a .exe file and maybe use CD-RW CDs so it can be written to
on different computers.

Really Gone

There's never been an ability to create an executable from an Access
database, and I wouldn't expect there ever to be such a capability.

Take a look at what Tony Toews has at
http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/developereditionfaq.htm for some
alternatives.

--
Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP
http://www.AccessMVP.com/DJSteele
(no e-mails, please!)

"Claude Marsh" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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>I have created several successful Access applications in the past. I need
>an
> application that can be maintained on several different computers which
> may
> not all have MS Office installed. Can I put the complete database on a CD
> so
> different people can update the data? I guess that this means the
> application
> would have to be a .exe file and maybe use CD-RW CDs so it can be written
> to
> on different computers.
>
> Really Gone

On Tue, 9 Mar 2010 09:26:02 -0800, Claude Marsh
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>I have created several successful Access applications in the past. I need an
>application that can be maintained on several different computers which may
>not all have MS Office installed. Can I put the complete database on a CD so
>different people can update the data? I guess that this means the application
>would have to be a .exe file and maybe use CD-RW CDs so it can be written to
>on different computers.
>
>Really Gone

No, you cannot. An Access .mdb/.accdb/.mde/.accde file is not in itself a
program; it needs the Access software to run it.

What you *can* do is get the (free) Access Runtime software and install it
along with your application so users without retail Access can use it.

--

John W. Vinson [MVP]