Commercial Reality of Access

[Guest]

If you write a database and generate an mde file that is purely standalone
and has not incorporated any commercially sensitive third party software, can
you see the database on the open market???

 

[Tony Toews]

If you write a database and generate an mde file that is purely standalone
and has not incorporated any commercially sensitive third party software, can
you see the database on the open market???

What do you mean by see? Sell? If so then why not? Whats the
difference between doing an app in Access vs some other product in
which you aren't as efficient such as VB or VB.Net.

Tony
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[Rick Brandt]

If you write a database and generate an mde file that is purely
standalone and has not incorporated any commercially sensitive third
party software, can you see the database on the open market???

Sure. Of course you would only be able to sell it to people who own Access if
you expect them to be able to do anything with it. Unless you want to package
it with the Access runtime which would require you to purchase additional
software to have that ability and license.

 

[George Nicholson]

Sure, but purchasers would still require some version of Access (either
runtime or retail) to use the file.

mde's are never truly "stand-alone" (unless they are data-only, but no
purpose is really served making an mde from a pure data file). Assuming your
mde includes any code, macros, forms, reports, etc., it would still require
Access to run it.

HTH,

 

[Guest]

thanks


i meant sell


just wasnt sure, as i have written a laboratory information management system

And I have had dozens of enquiries about it, and as commercrial software is
over $50,000 Australian dollars I plan to sell it for far less and still make
a buck

 

[Guest]

es,

I udnerstand that,

I will be packaging ms access with it

 

[Dirk Goldgar]

just wasnt sure, as i have written a laboratory information
management system

And I have had dozens of enquiries about it, and as commercrial
software is over $50,000 Australian dollars I plan to sell it for far
less and still make a buck

Terrific! Good luck with your venture.