Ok ive made a database that imports a txt file each month with all the info about customers and then spits out invoices for the customers.

here is the problem,I want to run this as a runtime app. on a different machine although everytime i package this and run it on the other machine it tells me that it is not modifiable and locks me out of updating it with the new information.

any ideas as to why this happens?

What exactly is not being modifyable? The only time I've heard that is when the program is referring to a specific field. If that's the case, make sure the file(s) have both read and write privileges.

May or may not be related, but if a file is burned onto a CD, and then copied to a hard drive, the Write attribute doesn't get set (Since a file can't write to a CD).

ahhh so its when i burn it to a cd that it is getting wacky.

so if i were to like tranfer it on a zip drive it might not cause this problem?

And you could possibly ZIP the solution before burning to CD.

rezdragon,

When you copy the file off the CD, right-click on the runtime folder and make sure its properties are not Read-only.

HTH, Mike

ok i will have to try these out and see if they work,, thanks for the point in the right dirrection