Protect databases - Microsoft Access 2013 - page 336

4

Click Split Database . The Create Back-end Database dialog box opens, with
GardenCompany12_split_be (in our case, MyGardenCompany12_split_be )
suggested as the name of the back-end part of the database.

5

If the contents of the Chapter12 practice file folder are not displayed in the dialog
box, navigate to that folder now.

TIP In practice, you would navigate to the network location in which you want to
store the back-end database. Or you could avoid including a drive letter in the path
to the back-end database location by entering the UNC path (\\< server >\< share >) of
the storage location to the left of the file name in the File Name box. Either way, the
location must be specified at this time in order for the links that the wizard estab-
lishes between the back-end and front-end databases to work.

6

Click Split .

TIP The splitting operation for this practice file is very short, but for some working
databases, the process can take quite a long time.

7 When a message notifies you that the database has been successfully split, click OK
to close the message box and the wizard.
The GardenCompany12_split file (the one you started with) is now the front-end file.
Let's try working with the split database.

8

In the Navigation pane, right-click the Garden Company category, click Category ,
and click Object Type to display the All Access Objects category.