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Date: Fri, 1 Oct 2004 11:04:53 +0100

You only need one certificate, which you use to sign the app on your
development PC. Users will continue to see the warning message after the
application is signed until and unless they choose to always trust
applications signed with that certificate.

Class 2 (individual developer) certificates are almost impossible to obtain.
I did eventually manage to buy one from GlobalSign (www.globalsign.com)
despite originally being told that they did not sell them. I asked whether
this was a one-off exception or a change in policy, but I never did get any
answer.

I haven't done this, but I understand that if all users of the app log on to
the same domain, and the server is running Windows Server 2000 or later, you
can create a certificate using Certificate Services on the server that will
be valid across that domain.

You mention "Access XP". The version of Access included in Office XP was
Access 2002, not Access 2003, and it is not possible to digitally sign VBA
code in Access 2002. The 'feature' was not added until Access 2003. So
before investing in any certificate, make sure that you are using a version
of Access that can make use of the certificate. Currently, Access 2003 is
the only version that can do that.

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"Paul Sanguinetti" <PaulSanguinetti@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in 
message news:D2840266-62E2-407F-B10E-25CD923E4A06@microsoft.com...
> One of my clients just upgraded his Citrix server from Access 97 to Access
> 2003, so I'm in the process of replacing his ap with an Access XP version.
> Since I had to download his data, import it into a new back end, and 
> replace
> the front end, and upload the whole works to his server, I'm now getting
> messages that the db's are from an unknown source. On my XP machine all I
> have to do us unblock the db's, but that doesn't seem to be an option in 
> this
> case. All my attempts to research digital signatures has left me very
> confused.
>
> Can anybody tell me how I can obtain a class 2 or class 3 digital
> certificate (or whatever Access 2003 will be satisfied with)? Do I have to
> buy s separate certificate for each client I have this problem with? The
> certification sites are no help at all. All I want to do is attach a
> certificate that says I'm really me and I can be trusted, so turn off the
> stupid warnings. 

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