Need to create self running executable... not MDE

[Guest]

I have a database that I need to be able to put on a CD-ROM and have people
access even it they don't have MS Access. How can I create an .exe that
contains and runs my database?

 

[Douglas J Steele]

It can't be done using Access.

Your options include rewriting the application in a language that can be
compiled to an executable (such as VB, VC++, Delphi, etc.), or getting the
Developer Edition of Office that will allow you package your application
together with a royalty-free run-time version of Access. Users who don't
already have Access installed will be able to install the run-time version
of Access, and then use your application.

Tony Toews has information about the Developer Edition at
http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/developereditionversions.htm