ACC: Opening Databases as Read-Only Causes Error Message

Last reviewed: May 20, 1997
Article 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.

Using Microsoft Access security features, you can 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:

   ARTICLE-ID: Q148555
   TITLE     : ACC95: MS Access 7.0 Security White Paper Available on MSL

   ARTICLE-ID: Q122036
   TITLE     : WX1051: Security Wizard and White Paper App. Note 2.0

Keywords : EvnOs kbenv kberrmsg
Version : 1.0 1.1 2.0 7.0 97
Platform : WINDOWS
Hardware : x86
Issue type : kbprb
Resolution Type : Info_Provided

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Last reviewed: May 20, 1997
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