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PRODUCT NAME AND VERSION NUMBER
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LASsie for MS Access (97, 2000, 2002/XP, and 2003)
v4.1

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COMPANY NAME
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Peter's Software - MS Access Shareware and Freeware for Developers
http://www.peterssoftware.com

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DESCRIPTION
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LASsie (Light Application Security) is a Microsoft Access Add-In that enhances your Access application with a simplified user security system. Intended as an alternative to Access built-in security, LASsie offers a less complicated way to secure forms, reports, controls and certain records from unauthorized user access. With LASsie, you can prevent a user from opening specific forms/reports, restrict their ability to update data on a form, disable certain controls, filter certain records, all based on a users assigned Security Level. 

LASsie includes a friendly user sign-on form that prompts for a login user name and password. Users can change their own passwords via the included "change password" form. Optionally, the sign-on form can be bypassed and the user's network login username can be used. Once the user name is verified, his/her session is assigned a Security Level code that determines which forms or reports can be accessed, if data updates are allowed, and more.

LASsie is called "light" application security because it is not intended to be a robust, high-end security application. In fact, a sophisticated user could edit the underlying tables and change their own security level. By hiding the LASsie tables, and/or linking to them in an external, encrypted database, you could minimize the possibility of such potential breaches, but you should understand that we do not guarantee that such a breach will never occur. That being said, LASsie can serve quite well as an application security system where users are relatively unsophisticated, or where application data is not of a highly classified nature.

This version is distributed as Shareware.

IMPORTANT NOTE: The first time you use LASsie, you will be prompted for a user name and password. Use user name "System", password "System" to get started.

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NEW AND SPECIAL IN THIS RELEASE
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Version 4.1
	Minor error message added
	Bug fix  Controls entered on Object Control form were sometimes not getting saved
	Help file updates

Version 4
	List of restricted forms replaced with Security Level Object table and form
	Control level security  Can disable a control or make it invisible based on Security Level
	Record level security  Can set a filter for a form or report based on Security Level
	ADO/ADP support  Upsize your database to client/SQL Server and continue to use LASsie
	Guest user name support  Can be used as a default sign on ID, no password required
	Sign on form user name box can optionally list all valid user names, or not.
	Undefined network login names can optionally be assigned user name Guest
	Easier installation (using Add-In Manager)
	LASsie User Security form opens from Add-In menu
	Context sensitive help available by pressing F1 from any LASsie form

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HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS
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	PC with a Pentium 75-megahertz (MHz) or higher processor
	Windows 95 or later, or Microsoft Windows NT Workstation version 4.0 Service Pack 3 or later
	32MB RAM
	1.5MB of available hard-disk space
	Microsoft Access 97, 2000, or 2002


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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS, GETTING STARTED TIPS, AND DOCUMENTATION
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*** Step 1 ***
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Open the downloaded zip file.

This file is named "las.zip", or "las_40.zip". Double-click it to open the zip file archive.

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Run the LASsie install program.

Double-click the "Setup.exe" file (you can do this from the WinZip window) and follow the on-screen instructions to install LASsie on your computer.

(Since LASsie will store user security information that will be retrieved by your application, you will probably want to install LASsie in a central network folder that all of your users have access to.)

To run the demo, choose "LASsie Demo" from the Start menu.

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See the LASsie Help File for further Installation instructions

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IMPORTANT KNOWN PROBLEMS
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Please see the help file for this information.

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VERSION HISTORY
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Please see the help file for this information.

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PRICING INFORMATION
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US$35.95 (single application license)
US$249.95 (unlimited, royalty free distribution license with source code)
US$214.00 (upgrade from single application license to unlimited license with source code)

To order online, go to http://www.peterssoftware.com/buy.htm

More ordering information is in the help file.

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CONTACT INFORMATION
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http://www.peterssoftware.com
http://www.peterssoftware.com/lasfaq.htm
info@peterssoftware.com

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DATE OR COPYRIGHT DATE, AND OTHER LEGAL INFORMATION
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Released 2/7/04
Copyright 2002-2004 Peter's Software