created date

[Bolo]

How can I change the created date on a database file. Should I not just be
able to save as a new file and then, it take on the new date?

 

[Guest]

Hi Bolo,

That should work, but the question is - why is this important?

Damian.

 

[Bolo]

when I do that it only wants to save the report or table that is open.

I am doing this, because I am a teacher and I am trying to figure out if
students are altering the date. I have a suspicion that they are using
projects from last year and are someway altering the date, so it appears
they are creating it themselves.

 

[Bolo]

I think they are creating a new file, and then exporting the data into it.
Does that make sense?

 

[Guest]

Hi again,

If you create a new (blank) Access database it is a trivial exercise to
import all of the items from another database, so there's no real way to
check if it's their own work or not (at least using the dates). Try copying
the database in Windows Explorer - this will also change the file dates.

I guess if you think the students aren't that clever, you could try putting
a hidden table in each base database and check for its existence in the
submitted database... still no guarantee though...

Damian.

 

[John Vinson]

Hi again,

If you create a new (blank) Access database it is a trivial exercise to
import all of the items from another database, so there's no real way to
check if it's their own work or not (at least using the dates). Try copying
the database in Windows Explorer - this will also change the file dates.

I guess if you think the students aren't that clever, you could try putting
a hidden table in each base database and check for its existence in the
submitted database... still no guarantee though...

Or a concealed Module, with nothing but a comment describing who
created the database and when...

John W. Vinson[MVP]

 

[Bolo]

Thanks to everyone.

Or a concealed Module, with nothing but a comment describing who
created the database and when...

John W. Vinson[MVP]