Can MS Access DB be made executable?

[AGBOZO ISRAEL]

I have finished designing a database in access and i want to make it an executable application via visual basic

[Stewart Ross]

Access applications cannot be made into executables, no matter how you try. VB will not help you here.

The most that can be done is to package the database using the run-time version of Access, but this is in no way the same thing.

-Stewart

[C CSR]

Stewarts right. But the question remains why do you want to do it from VB. Are you opening a form inside something else? With the packager Stewart mentioned, it independent and kinda hack-free (I mean almost). You'll end up with a pretty nice deal: puts an Icon on the desktop, comes with a complete "installer, " helps you set up an EULA. You have to package the Access runtime files for those installation where office is not installed. It will run by itself. -- just a question and a comment.

[tuxalot]

Just a comment: Has anyone here used MDE Compiler? It does make an Access DB into an exe. I think it is simply a wrapper of sorts.

[C CSR]

The MDE is quick and protects the code, its just not as robust and its not "packaged" in an installer with all those features. There are pros and cons either way. Here's a page to review on the Developer's Package.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb501030(v=office.12).aspx

It's free now, at least in Access 2007. When I used the Packager, I made my final file to package an Accde.