Exporting Access file to CD for use on computer without Access

[Guest]

Can an Access file that I create be exported to a CD for someone to use who
doesn't have Access on their computer? I want the user to be able to use the
front-end such as typing in a term and then having Access present the various
lines of data that contain that term. I don't want the end-user to be able
to create or manipulate Access as one can do having the Access program on
their computer.

If you're familiar with Powerpoint, one can export a file to a CD and then
the end user can watch the slideshow but never be able to manipulate the
files as if they had Poweroint on their computer. This is what I want Access
to do.

I have been told that Access windows can be inserted into web pages. Is
there software embedded in Internet Explorer that would make Access work for
the user? So if I could export the Access files I create that are inserted
into an html page to a CD, the user could open it in a webpage. Is that
possible?

If Access can't be exported, can you recommend software that works like
Access but is exportable and doesn't require the person to have Access on
their computer.

TIA

 

[Guest]

In a word: No.

However it is possible to create a run-time version of Access and your
database. It would NOT run off a CD; however, it can be installed from a CD.
For Access 2003 and earlier, the software to do this costs some money.

Access 2007 is suppose to have a download available soon that will do this
for free. I'd wonder if it could still be done with just a CD or will it
require a DVD to fit everything.

Now if this person is on your network OR you have access (pun intended) to a
web server, you could create a Data Access Page, under Pages in the objects
bar, with which they could view and enter data on your database.

 

[Aaron Kempf]

in other words

a) just use a VPN connection
b) and a Access Data Project