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Can I make an Autorun CD with a MS Access?

Hi:
I have a MS Access program and I store it in a cd.
I want to make my access program start once I insert the CD to the CD rom
please

Rey Obrero (Capricorn1)

before anything else, iwant to let you know that the db application you placed in a cd rom will be read only

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Rey Obrero (Capricorn1)

it will not open your db application stored in the cd rom, it will fail to create the .ldb file

Mohammad Alsolaiman

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pitons:
do you mean "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\access.exe"
if so
how come it will open my database?
capricorn1:
my access program is for display only, it contains thousands of records and some easy search methods only.
second: i always run ms access from CD, it dose open, but there is a message tells "this database is fore read only"
please help me continue this matter.

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Mohammad Alsolaiman

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Yes , it works good thank u very much hnasr
But , there is a problem with it
It is open the black dos prompt windows, which is not nice to give it to the customer
This way
I think a Compiled C program is an .exe file
Can any one here write a small C program do the same as the "hnasr batch " do
Please help

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