Access 2013 deployment

[fritesmodern]

I have a desktop application built with Access 2013 which I would like to make available to my users. Since application is desktop-based it will not be running on a website but on my users’ desktop. In reality my application will be posted on a Citrix server (“the user”), which in turn will make the application available to all the users.



My application was originally written in Access 2007 and I successfully used the Access 2007 package wizard in the past to create the deployment package.

Things have changed with Access 2013. Microsoft has gotten rid of the package wizard available in Access 2007. Online research seems to indicate that the way to deploy an Access 2013 desktop-based application is by building an accde file, which I have done. However, the accde file fails to hide the object browser on the left side of my Access software as well as the “create”, “external data” and “database tools” tabs. I obviously would like to keep these features hidden from my users.

Are there any tools in Access 2013 with which I can achieve what I could do with Access 2007 package wizard? If not, how I can deploy my application?

[June7]

Have you set db Options to hide stuff? Hide Navigation pane, hide ribbon, disable shortcut menus, disable function keys, disable X close, disable File tab menu items. I do all this with Options and VBA and customized ribbon with xml code. Review https://www.accessforums.net/access/...ers-48543.html

I have never used accde.

A multi-user database should also be split design. Is yours split?

[ItsMe]

Just like June7 explained, I use code to hide everything. I do not depend on accde to hide features. I depend on Access' Options and code to hide features, ie use code to hide the Quick Access Toolbar.

The only thing I depend on accde to do for me is to eliminate the VBA and leave behind the machine language. So if you are not concerned about people, possibly, seeing your VBA and maybe trying to edit the application, accde conversion is not really necessary.