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MS Access Forum / Security / October 2006Can an Access database expire?
Hello: When I tried to open an Access database, an error window came up that sad "Database expired" and it closed access down when I clicked on OK. Can somebody shed light on this and how I can reincarnate it? Thanks. venki > Can somebody shed light on this and how I can reincarnate it? Access databases don't expire unless they've been customized to do so. Usually this is because the file is just a demo, and you just need to return to the developer to get the full-featured version that doesn't expire. That's what I thought too. And you were right. I changed the system clock and I was able to get into the database. I saw that the application is to open a form that had code to check the date. Thanks. > > Can somebody shed light on this and how I can reincarnate it? > > Access databases don't expire unless they've been customized to do so. > Usually this is because the file is just a demo, and you just need to return > to the developer to get the full-featured version that doesn't expire. > I changed the system clock and I was able to get into > the database. I saw that the application is to open a form that had code to > check the date. Oh, my! I don't know if I'd be more insulted or frightened in your situation. Insulted that the developer thought I wasn't smart enough to set the system clock back or delete his expiration code, or frightened that the developer would use an expiration method so easily thwarted (people *always* set the system clock back when it expires) and didn't have the presence of mind to hide his code in an MDE file. Ordinarily, once a demo expires, it *stays* expired, no matter what the user does. And the expiration criteria should be independent of the system clock, since it's so easily altered. Otherwise, customers have little incentive to purchase the non-expiration version, don't they? |
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