Splitting a Database and use Runtime for accessibility

[Tammy]

Hi All
I'm new to this forum but have certainly been reading the threads and gleaning a lot of information from the users. Thank you all.

I'm in the middle of developing a database for our engineering group to track projects. I've got a question:

I'm using Runtime because none of our group has MS Access loaded on their system. So, I'm providing a link to the participant to download the free Runtime Software and providing a Shortcut to the database in the shared area.

My question is, when I split the database and provide the users with the front end do they still require runtime? Do I still provide them the link to download the free Runtime software and if so, do I save both the back and front end with the .accdr extension? I'm assuming that since they will have the front end on their systems individually they will no longer require the Shortcut.

The way the system is currently, it seems that only one user is permitted in the database at a time as it is locked out. I would like for more than one user to be able to access the database at a time. I've set the Default Open Mode to Shared so I'm not sure why it gets locked down when a user is accessing it.

Any guidance would be appreciated.

[June7]

As I understand runtime, users still need the Runtime app and only the frontend is accdr.

Each user should have their own copy of the front end to run, not a shared file. Review https://www.accessforums.net/code-re...31/index2.html

[Tammy]

Perfect! I'm going to try it today and see how it works.

Thanks

Tammy