Can an Access app run on a computer without msaccess.exe

[John]

XP Pro SP2 - Access 2003

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

No.

There a royalty-free run-time version of Access that can be distrbuted with
your application, though. For Access 2003, it's part of Visual Studio 2005
Tools For Office.

 

[Graham R Seach]

Hi John,

The short answer is no. You must have msaccess.exe in one form or another to
run an Access app.

If you don't want the users to have to buy the retail version, you can
provide them with a runtime version at no cost (to them). You, however,
would need to buy the Office Developer Tools for your version. The ODT
provides a Package & Deployment Wizard, which you can use the create an
installer package, complete with the runtime version of msaccess.exe.

Regards,
Graham R Seach
Microsoft Access MVP
Sydney, Australia

 

[Larry Linson]

XP Pro SP2 - Access 2003

You can license the Visual Studio Tools for Office System 2003 to obtain the
runtime packager and support.

If you have migrated to Access 2007, the runtime support is a free download.

You can't "compile an Access database application into a standalone
executable," however.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Office Access MVP

 

[John]

Thankyou everyone

You can license the Visual Studio Tools for Office System 2003 to obtain the
runtime packager and support.

If you have migrated to Access 2007, the runtime support is a free download.

You can't "compile an Access database application into a standalone
executable," however.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Office Access MVP

 

[Tony Toews [MVP]]

You can license the Visual Studio Tools for Office System 2003 to obtain the
runtime packager and support.

Trouble is you can't buy it any more.

Tony
--
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[Tony Toews [MVP]]

If you don't want the users to have to buy the retail version, you can
provide them with a runtime version at no cost (to them). You, however,
would need to buy the Office Developer Tools for your version. The ODT
provides a Package & Deployment Wizard, which you can use the create an
installer package, complete with the runtime version of msaccess.exe.

To be picky for A2003 the over all package is the VSTO (Visual Studio
Tools for Office) and the internal runtime builder is known as the ADE
or Access Developer Extensions.

Tony
--
Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP
Please respond only in the newsgroups so that others can
read the entire thread of messages.
Microsoft Access Links, Hints, Tips & Accounting Systems at
http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm
Tony's Microsoft Access Blog - http://msmvps.com/blogs/access/

 

[Larry Linson]

Trouble is you can't buy it any more.

Bet you can, Tony. It wasn't long ago that I was helping someone search for
a back version of Office, and passed up a chance to purchase a
still-in-shrink-wrap copy of Access 2.0.

People I've helped have had reasonable luck on eBay. I also have some local
sources that I recommend to them... a regular monthly outdoor, downtown
"swap meet", and others, but those wouldn't be any help here.

VSTO may be a little less common than full Office Pro, though, I'll grant
you that.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Office Access MVP