Access Developer Extensions. Whats going on?

[Ian Davies]

I been looking on the MS website for the options available to enable me to
distribute my Access apps with Access runtime (I'm currently using Access
2k). It would appear, althought the website doesnt make it clear, that to do
this I would have to purchase Office 2003 or at least Access 2003, and then
get the Access 2003 Developer Extension which is only available with Visual
studio Tools for the Microsoft office System.
See this link
http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/technologyinfo/devtools/default.aspx

But I cannot use the latter until I purchase Visual Studio.net.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/technologyinfo/devtools/accessextensions/default.aspx

Am I wrong, or are Microsoft just trying to extract as much cash as possible
by selling you software you don't want? I only want to distribute Access
Apps in a form that doesnt require my users to have Access.

Is the developer extensions available on their own?

Ian

 

[Arvin Meyer]

I am trying to get an answer for your from Microsoft. In the mean time, you
may want to look into using the Office 2000 or Office XP Developer's
Edition. You should be able to find them for significantly less money.
--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
Microsoft Access
Free Access Downloads
http://www.datastrat.com
http://www.mvps.org/access

 

[Paul Overway]

You need VSTO, but you don't need Visual Studio. ADE is a separate
installer on the CD...don't bother installing VSTO, just install ADE.

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

I don't see anything at the second URL you reference that says you need
Visual Studio.Net.

You need to purchase the following in order to create an Access 2003 runtime
application:

- Microsoft Access 2003
- Visual Studio Tools for Office 2003 (which includes the Access 2003
Developer Extensions)

The ADE is the product that gives you the license to deploy the 2003 runtime
components and you have to have Access 2003 installed in order to install
the ADE.

If you're using MSDN, note that while VSTO is available in all subscription
levels of MSDN, the Access Developer Extensions are not included with all
versions. ADE is only available at Universal level.

The stand-alone VSTO box includes both VSTO and the ADE.

See http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/office/officetools.aspx for more
details