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    aytee111 is offline Competent At Times
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    Sorry for leading you up the wrong path! Development is kept separate from production, even the tables, that way you can test any changes without fear of destroying production data. Remember, your highest priority/most important task is to protect the production data at all costs, that is paramount.

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    it's fine, it's not like I haven't done it a few times!

    Yeah, that makes sense. I'm now one small step closer to production!

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    Ok, it looks like we do need to restrict user access, can we go down the route of only accepting users based on usernames? I'll only add it to the production version so I can still post it on here without limiting if you can view it.

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    CJ_London is offline VIP
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    yes - use code similar to that suggested by Ranman in post#2

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    Heathey94 is offline Novice
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    where would I put that code? also, I don't know what is meant by "open the main menu" - does the main menu appear when the db is opened? do I need to open the main menu to input the code? what is the main menu?

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    main menu would be a form which everyone starts off from to be able to navigate to all the other forms and reports. User should only interact with data through forms and reports and never directly with tables or queries.

    You can specify this form in File>Options>Current Database

    The code would go in the form open event.

    With respect, your tag says you are a 'competent performer', so responders are going to assume you have a certain level of knowledge about access and how it works. You might want to consider modifying this so responders will provide a more detailed response.

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    Heathey94 is offline Novice
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    I've called that Homepage, I thought main menu was a feature on access or something, which was confusing me.

    The Competent Performer was automatically put there due to the number of posts etc. I've now altered it to something more accurate.

    I did think I knew a fair bit about Access, but building this database has certainly proved that was just a basic understanding!

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