Create 2007 run-time questions

[SherryScrapDog]

I am a volunteer for our genealogy society and the society purchased 2007
Microsoft Access on their computer. I have 2003 Access and made a database
at home for them to search names and I simply copy the .mdb file each time I
update. Now, we would like to make cd's of this system so people can take it
home and use it on their own computers for research. Here are my 2
questions:
1) Will the run-time work if I save the .mdb as a 2007 Access file?
2) Do I need to worry about whether the application will run on older
computers? Is there somewhere I can find out what the minimum requirements
are for the people who want to load this on their computer?
Thanks! Sherry

 

[Brendan Reynolds]

I am a volunteer for our genealogy society and the society purchased 2007
Microsoft Access on their computer. I have 2003 Access and made a
database
at home for them to search names and I simply copy the .mdb file each time
I
update. Now, we would like to make cd's of this system so people can take
it
home and use it on their own computers for research. Here are my 2
questions:
1) Will the run-time work if I save the .mdb as a 2007 Access file?
2) Do I need to worry about whether the application will run on older
computers? Is there somewhere I can find out what the minimum
requirements
are for the people who want to load this on their computer?
Thanks! Sherry

1) Probably, though there are a few potential issues. Allen Browne has a
list of stuff to look out for when converting to Access 2007 at the
following URL ...

http://www.allenbrowne.com/tips.html

2) Microsoft's official minimum requirements for Access 2007 are at the
following URL ...

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/access/HA101668651033.aspx#11

I think they're over-optimistic. I wouldn't like to have to use Access 2007
on a 500 MHz PC with 256 MB of RAM.

 

[SherryScrapDog]

Hi Brendan,
Thanks so much for this info! I am a little confused on the requirements
though; it looks to me like you need to have at least Windows XP to be able
to run Access 2007 and I assume this would be true for the run-time version?
Do you know if there is any way to make one for Windows 95, 98, or know of
any other references? I am gathering as much info as I can before I even try
this.
Thanks, Sherry

 

[Brendan Reynolds]

Hi Brendan,
Thanks so much for this info! I am a little confused on the requirements
though; it looks to me like you need to have at least Windows XP to be
able
to run Access 2007 and I assume this would be true for the run-time
version?
Do you know if there is any way to make one for Windows 95, 98, or know of
any other references? I am gathering as much info as I can before I even
try
this.

The requirements for the run-time are the same as for retail Access, yes.
Access 2007, run-time or retail, will not run on earlier versions of
Windows, no. You would have to use an earlier version of Access for that.

 

[SherryScrapDog]

Thanks very much! Now I know better what I'm dealing with. Sherry