does anyone have a trial version of Access Developer Extensions

G

Guest

I would like to try out the ADE features without the expense of purchasing
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!
So if anyone is willing to share (or sell) their copy, please get in touch.
 
A

Arvin Meyer [MVP]

Access it with Dave said:
I would like to try out the ADE features without the expense of purchasing
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!
So if anyone is willing to share (or sell) their copy, please get in
touch.

VSTO has the developer's edition which allows the licensing and distribution
of runtime Access files. You can build and MDE or ADE without the
developer's edition. You cannot package and distribute it.
--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
Microsoft Access
Free Access downloads
http://www.datastrat.com
http://www.mvps.org/access
 
G

Guest

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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Tony Toews

I would like to try out the ADE features without the expense of purchasing
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!

Note that this is the VSTO or Visual Studio Tools for Office which
contains the ADE. Not Visual Studio Tools.

Tony
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Larry Linson

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.

Gunny, I know you know this, but it seemed to me that what you wrote might
be subject to misinterpretation. Let me restate:

"If somone already owned a standalone copy of VSTO, and no longer needs that
standalone copy because they have a copy that came with a
subsequently-purchased MSDN Universal..."

Whether or not you need all the items that come with MSDN Universal, they
cannot be disposed of separately, and they cannot be used, per the license,
for anything other than development. The only exception is that you are
permitted to use the included copy of Office for personal use, IIRC.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP
 
G

Guest

A big thank you to all you guys that responded. You all seem to be making the
point that ADE is only available through VSTO and that certain pre-requisites
apply (e.g. Access 2003 already installed).
There seems to be some confusion though about the 'legality' of a
transferred copy. Are you saying that someone who, having purchased VSTO, and
who no longer has a use for it, cannot sell it on to someone else?

PS. I am still looking to buy VSTO
 

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