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getting at the data

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csvideo

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Oct 19, 2001
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i have a friend that was given a access program as a BDE files i thing..he is trying to open the database so he can see the indivdual tables however the program is starting up instead of the database opening...

how can he open the database

TIA
 
You're probably talking about an MDE file. Whoever created it converted it to an MDE file to prevent his customers from being able to open it showing the Database Window. He probably did this to protect his property rights in the database.

Since you say it was "given" to your friend, your friend probably has no proprietary rights to its content. Thus, it would be unethical for us to advise you about possibly ways to circumvent the owner's security. Rick Sprague
 
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