Security for Data Access Page Files

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Data access pages themselves are HTML pages that contain <OBJECT> tag references to the Microsoft Office Data Source control and other Microsoft Office Web Components, as well as XML and script. Data access pages aren't actually stored in Access database (.mdb) or Access project (.adp) files; they are stored as .htm files either in the local file system, in a folder on a network share, or on an HTTP server. For this reason, Access has no control over the security of data access page files. To secure a data access page file that is stored on a local or network file system, you must use the file access security available for your operating system. To secure data access page files that are stored on an HTTP server, you must use the security features available on the server itself. For example, if you are using Microsoft Internet Information Server, you can use the Internet Service Manager or FrontPage Server Administrator to control security settings for files stored on the server.