...user having Access, Excel etc? I'm writing a program that has basic database features, where can I store the data so that the users I will distribute too will not require a particular program such as Access to run it and how would i go about doing so.

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Short answer yes.

you create a database and you put it with the application the users do not need to have the database application because everything required by the application to update the Db file will be in the application you create.

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If the data is hierarchal then you can use a simple XML file to store the data. It's really no different that storing data "disconnected" in a data file only XML is semi-structured. Of course, a user can usually open an XML file and edit or look at the data there.

Are you using old school VB or VB.NET?

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