Does MS Access installation is required for running application that uses Access mdb file

Hi,

I am developing an application that uses Access database (mdb file) to store the user data. The user of this application is not interested in the database file (to view in MS Access Environment). Does the user machine requires MS Access installation to run my application or just some couple of dlls (OleDB driver, Access DB Engine,..) should be enough to run my application?

Thanks,

Rao

No, they don't need Access. They will simply need to have MDAC installed, and chances are it will already be there. If not get it here

http://msdn.microsoft.com/data/ref/mdac/

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The Information is helpful.

Thanks

Do you use the Reporting Services configuration files and if so, how?

Wondering if I could get some feedback from 'you All' on how you use the Reporting Services configuration files.

Specifically, I'm interested in -

1) Have you ever made changes to the configuration files? (Yes/No; if Yes - how often?)

2) What if any operations you commonly do in the files? (list)

3) Do you script or otherwise have automated solutions for updating these files? (Yes/No; if Yes - in what scenarios; if No - did you try to?)

Any other feedback about the configuration files is also welcome.

Thanks,

-Lukasz

Anyone doing this?

-Lukasz

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1) Yes. Depending on the requirements.

2)
- Changing web.config to use Forms Authentication
- adding encryption keys to share session cookies with other ASP.NET sites
- adding policies for using custom assemblies
- registering custom extensions: Authentication, Authorisation, Data delivery etc...

3) never used any automation, always manual.