SECURE.MDW file, and access to the related DB

[Paul]

Hi All,
I just found a file called SECURE.MDW that is linked to a database that I
need to gain access to.
They are linked using ODBC (By linked I mean that SECURE.MDW is the system
database in the odbc link) , and the ODBC connection was created by the main
payrol system software that I want to access.

I can open the SECURE.MDW file, and I can see usernames and passwords in a
table called "MSysAccounts", but I have no idea what I should do with the
information I have.

The main system that created this data is our payrol software, and I want to
access the payments that have been made from the back end data so I can
build an application to move them into our main SOP and accounting system.

Any advice appreciated on how to solve the problem, of even if anybody knows
what the SECURE.MDW file is and how it works, I am interested in anything
you can tell me.

Thanks in advance.

Paul

 

[Joseph Meehan]

Hi All,
I just found a file called SECURE.MDW that is linked to a database
that I need to gain access to.
They are linked using ODBC (By linked I mean that SECURE.MDW is the
system database in the odbc link) , and the ODBC connection was
created by the main payrol system software that I want to access.

I can open the SECURE.MDW file, and I can see usernames and passwords
in a table called "MSysAccounts", but I have no idea what I should do
with the information I have.

The main system that created this data is our payrol software, and I
want to access the payments that have been made from the back end
data so I can build an application to move them into our main SOP and
accounting system.
Any advice appreciated on how to solve the problem, of even if
anybody knows what the SECURE.MDW file is and how it works, I am
interested in anything you can tell me.

Thanks in advance.

Paul

I suggest you start by reading
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];207793

Practice on some copies to make sure you know what you are doing.