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[Users, Groups, Permission] MDE files
If you create a complete application in Access (combining say forms, reports. tables and queries), you can convert it into an MDE file, which compiles all the VBA code, and turns the database into more of a standalone application. In the process, this prevents users from browsing the code. This topic is not covered further in this article.
The Microsoft Access Security Apparatus
"User-level security" or "Workgroup-file-based security": Governing who is permitted to view, add, edit and delete database objects (tables, queries etc), and to edit those permissions for other users. This is the main topic of this article.