MDE Files

[Guest]

Alright, this is a very simple question. I've developed a database
application for the company I'm currently working at, and they want me to
document it. The frontend is saved as a MDE file. What, exactly, is a MDE
file? Or rather, what is the correct term to call it? I've said that MDB is a
Microsoft Access Database, and right now, I say that MDE is a Compiled
Microsoft Access Database. But this doesn't feel right, and so I was
wondering if there was a better term for it? Thanks,

Matt

 

[Paul Overway]

Your term is correct.

 

[Rick Brandt]

Alright, this is a very simple question. I've developed a database
application for the company I'm currently working at, and they want
me to document it. The frontend is saved as a MDE file. What,
exactly, is a MDE file? Or rather, what is the correct term to call
it? I've said that MDB is a Microsoft Access Database, and right now,
I say that MDE is a Compiled Microsoft Access Database. But this
doesn't feel right, and so I was wondering if there was a better term
for it? Thanks,

Matt

I would say that "Compiled and locked" is a more accurate description since
an MDB file can be fully compiled and still be an MDB. Or perhaps "Compiled
with source code removed".

 

[Tony Toews]

Alright, this is a very simple question. I've developed a database
application for the company I'm currently working at, and they want me to
document it. The frontend is saved as a MDE file. What, exactly, is a MDE
file? Or rather, what is the correct term to call it? I've said that MDB is a
Microsoft Access Database, and right now, I say that MDE is a Compiled
Microsoft Access Database. But this doesn't feel right, and so I was
wondering if there was a better term for it? Thanks,

Mentally I think of it as a MDB executable.

Tony
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