Is an MSAccess database with .NET portable?

In my A-Level project I have all the record info stored in an MS Access database file. I'm just wondering, can I bundle this file with the software and not开发者_如何学运维 require the computer the software is running on to have MS Access installed?

The reason I ask is that if finished, this program will be ran on my college network to handle room bookings and they don't have MS Access installed.

Thanks.

As long as you're using OleDb, your users do not need Access.

However, unless they have Access or a compatible program, they will not be able to look at the data on their own (without your program).

Correct, you don't need Access. We have several ASP web apps on our server that does not have Microsoft Access.

the Jet engine is needed to work with MS Access files.

Jet has been part of Windows itself since Win2000 -- David W. Fenton

Microsoft has details on How to obtain the latest service pack for the Microsoft Jet 4.0 Database Engine