nope. a database connection would be part of the project, not the database or the database service....the application "assumes" it's there.
you would typically parameterize the elements required for the connection string so they can be changed (server,database, username,password or use trusted connection) into either a config file, or so your applicaiton can allow the user to change it.
you would also want to provide a backup (not the .mdb ) so someone can restore the database on another server, change the connection string to point to their server, and then run the program.
does your app have something like that to change the connection?
Lowell
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