How do I distribute a run time version of access with my database so that
persons without access on their machine can use my database. I would like to
do this with a cd and by email

David Oakey wrote:

> How do I distribute a run time version of access with my database so that
> persons without access on their machine can use my database. I would like to
> do this with a cd and by email

You do this via the Developer version of Access. But Microsoft, for
some reason (probably an irrational desire to sell more copies of
Access), will charge you substantially for this privilege. During a
brief search on Microsoft's Web site, I didn't see it there, but I think
you need a subscription to MSDN. Check their Web site at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/.

You do have other options for distributing your information, such as via
Web pages (perhaps stored on a CD), that you might find more convenient
for your customers.

-- Vincent Johns <(E-Mail Removed)>
Please feel free to quote anything I say here.

Hi Vincent
There is a run time version at
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
which can be downloaded free (I think) could I not include this with the
database some how, so that it loads automatically
Regards
Dave

"Vincent Johns" wrote:

> David Oakey wrote:
>
> > How do I distribute a run time version of access with my database so that
> > persons without access on their machine can use my database. I would like to
> > do this with a cd and by email
>
> You do this via the Developer version of Access. But Microsoft, for
> some reason (probably an irrational desire to sell more copies of
> Access), will charge you substantially for this privilege. During a
> brief search on Microsoft's Web site, I didn't see it there, but I think
> you need a subscription to MSDN. Check their Web site at
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/.
>
> You do have other options for distributing your information, such as via
> Web pages (perhaps stored on a CD), that you might find more convenient
> for your customers.
>
> -- Vincent Johns <(E-Mail Removed)>
> Please feel free to quote anything I say here.
>

That's not a free version of the runtime. It's an alternative version of the
Access 2000 runtime that people who own Office 2000 Developer can use
instead of the version that comes with Office 2000 Developer. (IIRC, the
initial version of the runtime was somewhere around 100 MB, and this version
is far smaller, as it doesn't include Internet Explorer)

I don't believe it comes with the Package & Deployment Wizard, so you cannot
package your application up with it for redistribution. Even if you could
package your application to use that version, though, it would be illegal
unless you had obtained the license by purchasing Office 2000 Developer.

--
Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP
http://I.Am/DougSteele
(no e-mails, please!)



"David Oakey" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:F18C7691-238C-4F62-9BFB-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Hi Vincent
> There is a run time version at
> http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
> which can be downloaded free (I think) could I not include this with the
> database some how, so that it loads automatically
> Regards
> Dave
>
> "Vincent Johns" wrote:
>
>> David Oakey wrote:
>>
>> > How do I distribute a run time version of access with my database so
>> > that
>> > persons without access on their machine can use my database. I would
>> > like to
>> > do this with a cd and by email
>>
>> You do this via the Developer version of Access. But Microsoft, for
>> some reason (probably an irrational desire to sell more copies of
>> Access), will charge you substantially for this privilege. During a
>> brief search on Microsoft's Web site, I didn't see it there, but I think
>> you need a subscription to MSDN. Check their Web site at
>> http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/.
>>
>> You do have other options for distributing your information, such as via
>> Web pages (perhaps stored on a CD), that you might find more convenient
>> for your customers.
>>
>> -- Vincent Johns <(E-Mail Removed)>
>> Please feel free to quote anything I say here.
>>

Thanks Doug
Thought that was too good to be true

"Douglas J. Steele" wrote:

> That's not a free version of the runtime. It's an alternative version of the
> Access 2000 runtime that people who own Office 2000 Developer can use
> instead of the version that comes with Office 2000 Developer. (IIRC, the
> initial version of the runtime was somewhere around 100 MB, and this version
> is far smaller, as it doesn't include Internet Explorer)
>
> I don't believe it comes with the Package & Deployment Wizard, so you cannot
> package your application up with it for redistribution. Even if you could
> package your application to use that version, though, it would be illegal
> unless you had obtained the license by purchasing Office 2000 Developer.
>
> --
> Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP
> http://I.Am/DougSteele
> (no e-mails, please!)
>
>
>
> "David Oakey" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:F18C7691-238C-4F62-9BFB-(E-Mail Removed)...
> > Hi Vincent
> > There is a run time version at
> > http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en
> > which can be downloaded free (I think) could I not include this with the
> > database some how, so that it loads automatically
> > Regards
> > Dave
> >
> > "Vincent Johns" wrote:
> >
> >> David Oakey wrote:
> >>
> >> > How do I distribute a run time version of access with my database so
> >> > that
> >> > persons without access on their machine can use my database. I would
> >> > like to
> >> > do this with a cd and by email
> >>
> >> You do this via the Developer version of Access. But Microsoft, for
> >> some reason (probably an irrational desire to sell more copies of
> >> Access), will charge you substantially for this privilege. During a
> >> brief search on Microsoft's Web site, I didn't see it there, but I think
> >> you need a subscription to MSDN. Check their Web site at
> >> http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/.
> >>
> >> You do have other options for distributing your information, such as via
> >> Web pages (perhaps stored on a CD), that you might find more convenient
> >> for your customers.
> >>
> >> -- Vincent Johns <(E-Mail Removed)>
> >> Please feel free to quote anything I say here.
> >>
>
>
>

Hi Vincent
Can you give me some idea how I can distribute with a web page, I use front
page with my web site, can I do it with front page and is so how
regards
Dave

"Vincent Johns" wrote:

> David Oakey wrote:
>
> > How do I distribute a run time version of access with my database so that
> > persons without access on their machine can use my database. I would like to
> > do this with a cd and by email
>
> You do this via the Developer version of Access. But Microsoft, for
> some reason (probably an irrational desire to sell more copies of
> Access), will charge you substantially for this privilege. During a
> brief search on Microsoft's Web site, I didn't see it there, but I think
> you need a subscription to MSDN. Check their Web site at
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/.
>
> You do have other options for distributing your information, such as via
> Web pages (perhaps stored on a CD), that you might find more convenient
> for your customers.
>
> -- Vincent Johns <(E-Mail Removed)>
> Please feel free to quote anything I say here.
>

David Oakey wrote:

> Hi Vincent
> Can you give me some idea how I can distribute with a web page, I use front
> page with my web site, can I do it with front page and is so how
> regards
> Dave

I guess the big question is, do you need it to be active? If your users
need only to see the reports, and don't need to enter their own data,
you can publish the material in many ways: Front Page, Word, text files,
whatever you can display on a Web page. For that matter, you wouldn't
even need a Web page -- just publish Word documents (or similar). I
think Microsoft does provide MS Word readers free of charge to anyone.

-- Vincent Johns <(E-Mail Removed)>
Please feel free to quote anything I say here.

Yes they do need to be active, it is a database for address labels printing,
so full use of it would be needed by the user, and have a vesion (I would
have thought) on their computer
Dave

"Vincent Johns" wrote:

> David Oakey wrote:
>
> > Hi Vincent
> > Can you give me some idea how I can distribute with a web page, I use front
> > page with my web site, can I do it with front page and is so how
> > regards
> > Dave
>
> I guess the big question is, do you need it to be active? If your users
> need only to see the reports, and don't need to enter their own data,
> you can publish the material in many ways: Front Page, Word, text files,
> whatever you can display on a Web page. For that matter, you wouldn't
> even need a Web page -- just publish Word documents (or similar). I
> think Microsoft does provide MS Word readers free of charge to anyone.
>
> -- Vincent Johns <(E-Mail Removed)>
> Please feel free to quote anything I say here.
>

They wouldn't need Access to print labels from the data - they could do that
using Word or another word processor app. But if they need to be able to
edit the data, then you will need to provide some kind of interface, using
either Access or some other development tool, to enable that. You can find
more information about obtaining and using the Access Developer Extensions
at the following URL ...

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/as...208861033.aspx

--
Brendan Reynolds

"David Oakey" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:226644CE-2F85-47CC-9DAD-(E-Mail Removed)...
> Yes they do need to be active, it is a database for address labels
> printing,
> so full use of it would be needed by the user, and have a vesion (I would
> have thought) on their computer
> Dave
>
> "Vincent Johns" wrote:
>
>> David Oakey wrote:
>>
>> > Hi Vincent
>> > Can you give me some idea how I can distribute with a web page, I use
>> > front
>> > page with my web site, can I do it with front page and is so how
>> > regards
>> > Dave
>>
>> I guess the big question is, do you need it to be active? If your users
>> need only to see the reports, and don't need to enter their own data,
>> you can publish the material in many ways: Front Page, Word, text files,
>> whatever you can display on a Web page. For that matter, you wouldn't
>> even need a Web page -- just publish Word documents (or similar). I
>> think Microsoft does provide MS Word readers free of charge to anyone.
>>
>> -- Vincent Johns <(E-Mail Removed)>
>> Please feel free to quote anything I say here.
>>