ACC: Opening Databases as Read-Only Causes Error Message

ID: Q88649

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Access versions 1.0, 1.1, 2.0, 7.0, 97

SUMMARY

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

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

Database '<databasename>' is read-only. You won't be able to save changes made to data or object definitions in this database."

MORE INFORMATION

This error may occur 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.

REFERENCES

For more information about using Microsoft Access security, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q148555 ACC95: MS Access 7.0 Security White Paper Available on MSL

Q122036 ACC2: Security Wizard and White Paper for Access 2.0 Available


Keywords          : kbenv kberrmsg 
Version           : 1.0 1.1 2.0 7.0 97
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: March 9, 1999