How do I save an Access file to a CD?

[Guest]

I am fairly new to Access and I cannot figure out how to save a file to a CD.

 

[Guest]

Put the Access file in a Zip file. You can then burn the Zip filde to your CD.

 

[Guest]

If the database is a single .mdb file containing all the objects; tables,
queries, forms etc. then you can simply burn the one file to a CD in the
usual way. If the database is split into a front end containing the queries,
forms etc, and a back end containing just the tables then you'll need to burn
both files to the CD. If in the latter case the files are then loaded onto
another machine, or into folders on the same machine different from the
original locations, the links between the front and back ends would need to
be refreshed using the built in Linked Table Manager.

If the files are loaded onto another machine that machine would need to have
a compatible version of Access installed to open the files, unless you are
able to load the runtime version of Access onto the other machine.

 

[John W. Vinson]

I am fairly new to Access and I cannot figure out how to save a file to a CD.

You can't do it (easily) from within Access. Just use Windows Explorer
to copy the .mdb file to a CD.

Note that this will mark it read-only - when you copy it back onto
(this or another) hard disk, you'll need to right mouseclick the file
in Explorer, view its Properties, and uncheck Read Only.

John W. Vinson [MVP]