but of course you can, and you could also only release a compiled version of the forms.
Check out the options under
Tools -> Startup
In there you can uncheck features such as :
Allow Full Menus
Allow Built-In Toolbars
...
Also the tool under
Tools -> Database Utilities-> Make MDE Files builds a compiled version of your forms.
And I suggest you read up on seperating your database tables from the forms; i.e. the tables in one file, and the Forms in another.
So you would give only access to the secured Forms hiding the location of the tables.
This also secures the data, in case the Form file gets corrupted, or lost. Also you can update the Forms as you wish, never having to worry about losing data, or updating the tables before you replace the form file, since the tables of data are sitting alone on the network hidden from the users.
You will have to learn about connection strings to connect through OLEDB to the database file, but you could also connect to other database such as Oracle, SQL, and whatnot.
I hope that answers your question
link on connection strings:
http://www.sqlstrings.com/SQL-Server...on-strings.htm