Way to password protect an Access .snp file

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sweeneysmsm - 17 Jan 2008 14:09 GMT

I have an Access report which I wish to e-mail. The instructions say to
create a .snp file and e-mail it. That I can do and have done. I am looking
for a way to password protect that file.

I have not been able to find a way to do it. In Office Word documents I can
find the appropriate method but have not found something that will work for
this format.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Mary

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Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook] - 17 Jan 2008 14:35 GMT

Try asking in an Access group where people who know Access are to be found.
This group is for Outlook.

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>I have an Access report which I wish to e-mail. The instructions say to
> create a .snp file and e-mail it. That I can do and have done. I am
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sweeneysmsm - 17 Jan 2008 16:34 GMT

Thank you. I will try.

I chose Outlook because the person uses Outlook to e-mail and I thought
there might be some method in that.

Mary

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Roady [MVP] - 19 Jan 2008 01:34 GMT

Outlook doesn't control the password control on attachments. If the file
format doesn't allow it you can always create a password protected zip-file.

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sweeneysmsm - 19 Jan 2008 02:09 GMT

Thank you. Yes, I will try that. I read about a free program ZipGenius.it
that allows you to password protect. I will try that. I know that in theory I
can create a zipped file in Windows Explorer and put the other file into it.
The question that I have then though is why the number of KB for the
compressed file does not decrease. It makes me wonder if the file has really
been compressed/zipped.

Mary

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Roady [MVP] - 19 Jan 2008 15:09 GMT

Right click on the file that you want to zip and choose Send To-> Compressed
Folder
Open the zip-folder by double clicking on it to see what's in there. You can
use the File menu to set a password on the zip-file (strangely enough Vista
doesn't support setting a password on a zip-file).

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> Thank you. Yes, I will try that. I read about a free program ZipGenius.it
> that allows you to password protect. I will try that. I know that in
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