visual studio 2010 windows application and interaction with MS Access 2007/2003

[vampyr07au]

If I create a windows app which I link to an MS Access databse file that already exists ... will I need to have MS Office installed on every computer at which I want to use the app ?

If not then how do I go about making a standalone windows app that will store information in a database of some form or another ?

[jmcilhinney]

You don't have to have Office/Access installed to use an Access database. If you're using an MDB file then the required Jet OLE DB provider is installed as part of Windows. If you're using an ACCDB file then you will need to install the ACE OLE DB provider. That gets installed with Office/Access or there's a driver pack you can install for applications like yours.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/e...2-ef94e038c891