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How to Password protect queries in Microsoft Access

Code snippet in Visual Basic for a password prompt.

The Microsoft Office Access 2007 relational database manager enables information workers to quickly track and report information with ease thanks to its interactive design capabilities that do not require deep database knowledge. In this Microsoft Access video tutorial, you'll learn how to force a password to be entered in order to run a query.

Here's the code:

Password.SetFocus

If Password = "Manager1" Then

MsgBox "Access Granted", vbInformation, "CD Shop"

MsgBox "Delete Query Active", vbInformation, "CD Shop"

DoCmd.RunMacro "M_ArchiveStock"

MsgBox "Deletion Confirmed"

Else

MsgBox "Please re-enter your Password."

End If

For detailed instructions on implementing the above code, watch this video how-to.

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