The boss has asked me to "freeze" a copy of a database every
so often. By "freeze", he means a copy that can be read
normally, but that no one can change (data), without using
extraordinary tools.

Is this possible?

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Thanks,
croy

croy wrote:
a. You could set the file's Read Only attribute.
b. You could put the file into a folder for which users only have Read
permissions
c. Depending on the version of Access, you could use workgroup security

Personally, I would go with option b.