ACC2000: Opening Databases as Read-Only Causes Error Message

ID: Q209825

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Access 2000

Moderate: Requires basic macro, coding, and interoperability skills.

This article applies only to a Microsoft Access database (.mdb).

SUMMARY

When you open a database, you may receive the following message:

The database '<databasename>' is read-only.

You won't be able to save changes made to data or object definitions in this database.

MORE INFORMATION

You may receive this message if you open a database under the following three conditions:

The file is read-only, whether or not its file attribute is set to read-only.

The folder in which the file resides is read-only.

You are using the /Ro command line parameter.

You can use the Microsoft Access security features to make all the objects in a database read-only without having to implement any of the items above.

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Keywords          : kbenv kbdta EvnOs 
Version           : WINDOWS:2000
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbinfo

Last Reviewed: May 25, 1999