If you write a database and generate an mde file that is purely standalone
and has not incorporated any commercially sensitive third party software, can
you see the database on the open market???
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Patrick Stubbin

Patrick Stubbin <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:

>If you write a database and generate an mde file that is purely standalone
>and has not incorporated any commercially sensitive third party software, can
>you see the database on the open market???

What do you mean by see? Sell? If so then why not? Whats the
difference between doing an app in Access vs some other product in
which you aren't as efficient such as VB or VB.Net.

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Patrick Stubbin wrote:
> If you write a database and generate an mde file that is purely
> standalone and has not incorporated any commercially sensitive third
> party software, can you see the database on the open market???

Sure. Of course you would only be able to sell it to people who own Access if
you expect them to be able to do anything with it. Unless you want to package
it with the Access runtime which would require you to purchase additional
software to have that ability and license.


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Sure, but purchasers would still require some version of Access (either
runtime or retail) to use the file.

mde's are never truly "stand-alone" (unless they are data-only, but no
purpose is really served making an mde from a pure data file). Assuming your
mde includes any code, macros, forms, reports, etc., it would still require
Access to run it.

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"Patrick Stubbin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:7E1FB2CE-D88D-4B7C-BA8C-(E-Mail Removed)...
> If you write a database and generate an mde file that is purely standalone
> and has not incorporated any commercially sensitive third party software,
> can
> you see the database on the open market???
> --
> Regards
>
>
> Patrick Stubbin

thanks


i meant sell


just wasnt sure, as i have written a laboratory information management system

And I have had dozens of enquiries about it, and as commercrial software is
over $50,000 Australian dollars I plan to sell it for far less and still make
a buck
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Patrick Stubbin


"Rick Brandt" wrote:

> Patrick Stubbin wrote:
> > If you write a database and generate an mde file that is purely
> > standalone and has not incorporated any commercially sensitive third
> > party software, can you see the database on the open market???
>
> Sure. Of course you would only be able to sell it to people who own Access if
> you expect them to be able to do anything with it. Unless you want to package
> it with the Access runtime which would require you to purchase additional
> software to have that ability and license.
>
>
> --
> I don't check the Email account attached
> to this message. Send instead to...
> RBrandt at Hunter dot com
>
>
>

es,

I udnerstand that,

I will be packaging ms access with it

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Patrick Stubbin


"George Nicholson" wrote:

> Sure, but purchasers would still require some version of Access (either
> runtime or retail) to use the file.
>
> mde's are never truly "stand-alone" (unless they are data-only, but no
> purpose is really served making an mde from a pure data file). Assuming your
> mde includes any code, macros, forms, reports, etc., it would still require
> Access to run it.
>
> HTH,
> --
> George Nicholson
>
> Remove 'Junk' from return address.
>
>
> "Patrick Stubbin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:7E1FB2CE-D88D-4B7C-BA8C-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > If you write a database and generate an mde file that is purely standalone
> > and has not incorporated any commercially sensitive third party software,
> > can
> > you see the database on the open market???
> > --
> > Regards
> >
> >
> > Patrick Stubbin
>
>
>

"Patrick Stubbin" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> just wasnt sure, as i have written a laboratory information
> management system
>
> And I have had dozens of enquiries about it, and as commercrial
> software is over $50,000 Australian dollars I plan to sell it for far
> less and still make a buck

Terrific! Good luck with your venture.

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