What do I need to take a DB program that I wrote that I would like to
distribute, and turn it in to an executable? I know it can be done, but
evidently, not with standard Access.

Thanks

Check this link

http://www.mvps.org/access/general/gen0001.htm

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"Jim" wrote:

> What do I need to take a DB program that I wrote that I would like to
> distribute, and turn it in to an executable? I know it can be done, but
> evidently, not with standard Access.
>
> Thanks

On Wed, 15 Feb 2006 23:42:05 -0800, Jim
<(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>What do I need to take a DB program that I wrote that I would like to
>distribute, and turn it in to an executable? I know it can be done, but
>evidently, not with standard Access.
>
>Thanks

It cannot be done with Access *at all*.

You can write your own user interface (in Visual Basic, C++, VB.Net,
etc.) to use the data in an Access database, but you cannot take an
Access database and compile it into an executable... period. A rough
rule of thumb is that you should allow double the programming time it
takes to build an Access app to do it (or redo it) in Visual Basic.

What you *can* do is purchase the Visual Studio Office Extensions (or
whatever they're calling it now); this lets you create and distribute
a royalty-free runtime edition of Access allowing users who don't have
the program installed to use your database.

John W. Vinson[MVP]