[AccessD] Is This A Problem?

You could call it .rat as long as you are running Access from a command 
line shortcut
I have seen this done to hide mdb files on an IIS webserver.
It will possibly mess up windows file associations though if you double 
click from windows explorer
.


Charlotte Foust wrote:

>I think the extension is more of a UI flag to let you know what kind of
>a database file it is.  It doesn't change the essential nature of the
>mde to call it an mdb.
>
>Charlotte Foust
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin
>- Beach Access Software
>Sent: Wednesday, December 07, 2005 10:51 AM
>To: AccessD at databaseadvisors.com
>Subject: [AccessD] Is This A Problem?
>
>
>Users...you never know what they're going to do...
>
>I sent an .mde to a client but had to name it .bob to get it past his
>network sentries.  Told the user to rename .bob to .mde.  He renamed it
>.mdb instead.  Says it runs OK.  Seems to here as well.
>
>Is it really OK?
>
>MTIA,
>
>Rocky Smolin
>Beach Access Software
>http://www.e-z-mrp.com
>858-259-4334
>  
>

-- 
Marty Connelly
Victoria, B.C.
Canada