Format
Microsoft Access Workgroup Information File
Summary
- Name
- Microsoft Access Workgroup Information File
- Identifiers
- PUID: fmt/1258
- Format type
- Database
- Description
- A Microsoft Access Workgroup Information File stores the usernames and passwords for users and groups that require access to a Microsoft Access database. Compatible with MDB formats (Access 97-2003) rather than the later ACCDB format (Access 2007-2010).
- File extensions
-
mdw - Source
- National Library of Australia / National Library of Australia
- Developed by
- Microsoft Corporation
- Supported by
- Microsoft Corporation
Internal signatures
Microsoft Access Workgroup Information File
- Note
- Offset 0-6 Magic Bytes from beginning of file: 'Jet System DB'
Byte sequences
- Min Frag Length
- Absolute from BOF
- Offset
- 0
- Max offset
- 6
- Byte Sequence
4A65742053797374656D204442- Endianness
- None
Changelog
-
Added in V96
- Release date
- 21 January 2020
Microsoft Access Workgroup Information File: Signature developed and samples provided by National Library of Australia
Microsoft Access Workgroup Information File: Full entry added. Submitted by National Library of Australia.