Digital Signatures on referenced mda

[Dale Fye]

I have an Access 2003 mdb that I have digitally signed. For the most part,
my users have elected to accept my digital signature to avoid the Office
security popup that shows up when you open Access, and this has worked well.

I recently created an mda file that I intended to use as an add-in in my
application. I couldn't figure out how to set it up so it could be added
using the add-in wizard; so I added it to my application as a reference,
which is working fine.

This mda file is also digitally signed, and opens without the security
message when I open it on its own. However, when I open the main application
I'm now getting the security warning for the mda file, even though it is
digitally signed. Anyone know how to get around this?

Dale

 

[Arvin Meyer [MVP]]

You will need to add the mda reference, then resign the main application.

 

[Dale Fye]

Arvin,

Thanks, that seemed to do it.

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[Dale Fye]

Arvin,

I've noticed that whenever I add the reference to the mda, it increases the
size of the main mdb file by an amout that is ~ the size of the mda. Why is
this?

I thought that by adding the reference, all Access was doing was basicly
pointing to the mda file.

Dale
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[Arvin Meyer [MVP]]

If you notice, in design view of a module, using the Project Explorer, all
of the objects in the mda are listed. They are now part of the project when
you open it. If you close it and compact it, I think the size will return to
its normal size. I don't have one to test here though.
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