WX0964: SecurityWizard and White Paper Application NoteArticle ID: Q109074
The "SecurityWizard and White Paper" (WX0964) Application Note contains in-depth information about the Microsoft Access security model to help you understand and use Microsoft Access security effectively. You can obtain this Application Note from the following sources:
For complete information, see the "To Obtain This Application Note" section at the end of this article.
THE TEXT OF WX0964
Microsoft(R) AnswerPoint Application Note (Text File) WX0964: SECURITYWIZARD AND WHITE PAPER Revision Date: 12/93 1 Disk Included The following information applies to Microsoft Access(R), version 1.1. |---------------------------------------------------------------------| | INFORMATION PROVIDED IN THIS DOCUMENT AND ANY SOFTWARE THAT MAY | | ACCOMPANY THIS DOCUMENT (collectively referred to as an Application | | Note) IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER | | EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED | | WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND/OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR | | PURPOSE. The user assumes the entire risk as to the accuracy and | | the use of this Application Note. This Application Note may be | | copied and distributed subject to the following conditions: 1) All | | text must be copied without modification and all pages must be | | included; 2) If software is included, all files on the disk(s) | | must be copied without modification (the MS-DOS(R) utility | | diskcopy is appropriate for this purpose); 3) All components of | | this Application Note must be distributed together; and 4) This | | Application Note may not be distributed for profit. | | | | Copyright (C) 1993 Microsoft Corporation. All Rights Reserved. | | Microsoft, Microsoft Access, and MS-DOS are registered trademarks | | and Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. | |---------------------------------------------------------------------| The disk included with this document contains two files. The about the Microsoft Access security model to help you understand and use Microsoft Access security effectively. The WZSECURE.MDA file contains the Microsoft Access SecurityWizard, which is a tool for easily securing your databases. The white paper includes instructions for using the SecurityWizard.
To Install the SecurityWizard
The next time you start Microsoft Access, the SecurityWizard command will be available on the Help menu. The SecurityWizard runs only in Microsoft Access version 1.1, but will work with databases in either 1.0 or 1.1 format. Attempting to use the SecurityWizard in Microsoft Access version 1.0 will result in an "Out- of-date database format" error message, followed by a "Some library modules could not be loaded" error message when you start Microsoft Access. Databases created by the SecurityWizard are always in version 1.1 format. The SecurityWizard may take some time to run. For example, securing the sample database NWIND.MDB on a 486/50 computer takes approximately 13 minutes. The SecurityWizard's About dialog box gives further information on what the SecurityWizard does, as does the text file included on the disk. The Security White Paper
TO OBTAIN THIS APPLICATION NOTE
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