Applying a digital signature to an accde file

[Dale Fye]

Alright. I'm close to completion on this particular application. I've
digitally signed my mdb file (so that the couple of users that are still
using 2003 get a digitally signed copy). I'll probably sign on from one of
their PCs and convert this to a .mde file before actually deploying it.
However, when I tried to digitally sign the accde file, I was told I could
not do so, but could "package and sign" the accde file into an accdc file.

Unfortunately, I'm using a front-end updater that I wrote, and need to be
able to read the version number from within the .accde file, which I cannot
do with the accdc file. Additionally, I don't have a clue how extract the
actual application from the accdc file. Any ideas would be appreciated.

Anybody know why Microsoft decided not to allow us to digitally sign the mde
file? Any chance this will get "fixed" in a service pack?

 

[Brendan Reynolds]

Alright. I'm close to completion on this particular application. I've
digitally signed my mdb file (so that the couple of users that are still
using 2003 get a digitally signed copy). I'll probably sign on from one
of
their PCs and convert this to a .mde file before actually deploying it.
However, when I tried to digitally sign the accde file, I was told I could
not do so, but could "package and sign" the accde file into an accdc file.

Unfortunately, I'm using a front-end updater that I wrote, and need to be
able to read the version number from within the .accde file, which I
cannot
do with the accdc file. Additionally, I don't have a clue how extract the
actual application from the accdc file. Any ideas would be appreciated.

Anybody know why Microsoft decided not to allow us to digitally sign the
mde
file? Any chance this will get "fixed" in a service pack?
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Dale

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If I remember rightly (it has been a while) the user just double-clicks the
accdc file and it extracts, like a self-extracting zip file.

I can't comment on the 'why' of it, and I'm not privy to Microsoft's plans
for service packs, but my personal opinion, for whatever that might be
worth, is that I think it is highly unlikely that this will be changed by a
service pack.

 

[Dale Fye]

Brendan,

You are absolutely correct, that is the way it works.

But my front-end updater will not work in that scenario. I won't be able to
check to see if a newer version exists on the server (I guess I could
probably check the file size and date) than the one they have on their
systems, and I won't be able to extract it to a specific folder on their
system.

This really stinks.
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Dale

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