Hi, Dave.
the full edition of Visual Studio Tools which, as I understand it, is the
only product that contains the ADE component - unless someone out there knows
differently!
The Access Developer Extensions (ADE) comes as part of the standalone
version of Visual Studio Tools for Office 2003 (VSTO) or with the VSTO in the
Universal version of the MSDN subscription. And you may have the expense of
upgrading in order to use it. Either Microsoft Office Access 2003 or
Microsoft Office 2003 Professional is required to be installed on the
developer's computer before the ADE is installed, so it can't be used with an
earlier version of Access. And Access 2003 requires the .Net Framework 1.1,
which means that Windows 2000 SP-4 or Windows XP is required.
So if anyone is willing to share (or sell) their copy, please get in touch.
You won't be able to "share" a copy or have someone lend you their CD's --
at least not legally. If you read the EULA, it allows transfer of ownership
of a registered owner to another (and only _one_ transfer is allowed), as
long as certain guidelines are met. So if you "borrow" it, the ownership is
transferred to you -- and you can't give it back to the original owner. Some
folks might be willing to sell you their copy of VSTO if they have no use for
it when they purchased the MSDN Universal subscription, but you'll need to
negotiate a fair price because while the standalone VSTO is expensive, the
MSDN Universal subscription is far more expensive and they'll want to offset
some of this cost if they sell you the VSTO.
If you want a "try before you buy" type of scenario, find someone who has
the ADE installed on his laptop and ask if you can borrow his laptop for a
few days. Other than that, you might try Ebay, but buyer beware because
software sold on Ebay isn't always legit.
HTH.
Gunny
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