Well, I am sure that you know any good developer will provide some code that
handles this linking problem.?
Surely you can't expect your users to use, and have to learn about the
linked table manager?
(how much pain are you trying to inflict on your users?. Perhaps you don't
like them very much!! ;-) )
And, as you rightly point out that the runtime does NOT include the linked
table manager anyway!
If you have reached the point of wanting to distribute your application,
then I am sure that a long time ago you hid the ms-access interface. And,
thus since you long ago hid the ms-access interface..then how have your
provided your users with a means to re-link in the past?
Most developers have simply lifted the code that re-links table from here:
http://www.mvps.org/access/tables/tbl0009.htm
The code to launch up the standard windows file dialog can be found here:
http://www.mvps.org/access/api/index.html
With all of the above hard code written...after an hour or so you can cobble
together a nice routine that allows your users to re-link. In fact, if the
back end table is in the same dir at the front end...then why no attempt a
re-link in your code to the same dir first? This way, if a user moves the
front end, and back end to a different dir..you will not even prompt the
user...and the user will never even know that re-linking had to happen!
Setting up some routines to handling re-linking scenarios is something that
everyone should incorporate into their applications. I even have a re-link
option that I can set before I send the file to a user (when it starts..it
will re-link to the specified dir).
Anyway..the above code is free for the taking..and you can easily use it to
come up with a solution that fits your needs. Doing this will save tons of
support calls. And, any support call that requires your users to re-link
will also be very easy. You can make a re-link button in your custom
menus...(you are using custom menus...right??).
By the time you get around to developing a polished application for
distribution with the runtime..you will have likely had your own re-linking
code running for years.
--
Albert D. Kallal (MVP)
Edmonton, Alberta Canada
pl******************@msn.com http://www.attcanada.net/~kallal.msn 
