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    charly.csh is offline Competent Performer
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    Convert my Access app to exe

    Hi everyone,



    Recently I have finished an Acces file (mdb) and I would like to see if it's possible to convert this to an .exe

    I would like also to make the setup to install into a server (For this I use inno setup), but I would like to avoid that somebody could steal my app or make modifications on this,
    Is it possible to convert to an .exe?

    Thanks in advance and I appreciate the help!!

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    No. Access files can be compiled as accde (or mde for older versions) but they cannot be converted into true executables. Such files don't need a parent application to open them. To open Access file types you need Access or the Runtime version of Access.
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    charly.csh is offline Competent Performer
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    So there is no way to also change an accde to .exe? even using something like Visual Studio?
    this is my first time trying to make something like this

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    Been a while since I used VS. IIRC the only way you can make anything that resembles Access and is an exe is to use VS and write it all in VB. Can't recall if VB.Net has been deprecated or not, or even if that was for web based apps but I thought at one time it was a replacement for VB6. You can probably lock down an Access accde sufficiently to alleviate all or most concerns that you might have, but what are you doing making mdb's if you have 365?
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    charly.csh is offline Competent Performer
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    I was wrong I currently use the accde (365), any recommendation to avoid an unauthorized usage or avoiding that my work can be modified or stole?

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    see http://www.mendipdatasystems.co.uk/s...594398127.html
    Colin is an Access MVP. Links to 2 articles at the bottom of that link. You could also try some of the challenges to see if they provide the type of protection you need.
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    Can't recall if VB.Net has been deprecated or not,
    I think the best way to create an application exe the users can't temper with, is using .NET, which is the current successor of VB.net. Visual Studio for community is a free version. If you combine this , for the database end with SQL express (2022 is now the current version) you have a free development tool to create exe's. Table structures and queries can be easily copied from Access (with some tuning) to SQL tables and views. I'm afraid you will have to recreate the UI objects.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Micron View Post
    see http://www.mendipdatasystems.co.uk/s...594398127.html
    Colin is an Access MVP. Links to 2 articles at the bottom of that link. You could also try some of the challenges to see if they provide the type of protection you need.
    Hi
    Thanks @Micron
    The link in your post is to my old defunct website which is officially no longer functional (though it may still be possible to access pages)
    The corresponding link in my current database is https://www.isladogs.co.uk/security-challenges/

    @charly.csh
    I would recommend you first look at this 3-part web article for details on how to make your applications more secure: https://www.isladogs.co.uk/improve-security/
    The second page is likely to be particularly useful
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    Hmm, it's what Google provides. Not sure what you can do about that - redirect?
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    Hmm. The old http site officially went offline in Dec 2021. It was Flash based and so no longer supported.

    Out of interest, can you tell me what Google search you used?
    Unfortunately, I can't redirect from a defunct website
    There is an https version of the mendipdatasystems.co.uk site which is live though not actively being developed at the moment.
    The current site is https://isladogs.co.uk
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    Google "mendip data systems" and you should see what I see in the search results. If the links are cached pages, I didn't see that.
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    Thanks...the top hit still shows the old http site and the old address from pre-2019....
    The second link does at least use the https site

    Recommend searching for isladogs - that does give the current site

    I'll ask my web provider yet again to remove the old site
    I'll also try AGAIN to get Google to update the contact details - I've only been asking them to do so for 4 years!
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    Heads up, since you said this is your first time doing something like this I would think there might be quite a learning curve to develop in .net + sql server.

    If you're up for the challenge that's awesome! I believe in you!

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    Quote Originally Posted by isladogs View Post
    Thanks...the top hit still shows the old http site and the old address from pre-2019....
    The second link does at least use the https site

    Recommend searching for isladogs - that does give the current site

    I'll ask my web provider yet again to remove the old site
    I'll also try AGAIN to get Google to update the contact details - I've only been asking them to do so for 4 years!
    Colin, are you not able to add a redirect to the correct site?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Welshgasman View Post
    Colin, are you not able to add a redirect to the correct site?
    Hi Paul
    As I mentioned in post #10, I have no access to the old http site and officially it went offline in Dec 2021
    I will contact my web provider and ask (again) that it be removed

    As for the https://mendipdatasystems.co.uk site, that is still live and I'm intending to update it later this year
    In the meantime, I should be able to add a redirect to the isladogs site.
    Not sure how, but I expect it is fairly straightforward to do.
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