Deploy Excel similar to Access Runtime

[Terry Higgins]

Is there an equivalent method with Excel to package and deploy a runtime
version similar to Access where the end user doesn't have to have the
application on their system to run?

 

[Frank Kabel]

Hi Terry
there's no 'runtime' equivalent for Excel. So the user has to have
Excel installed on his machine (he may use the free Excel Viewer but
this won't cover VBA macros)

 

[Gord Dibben]

Terry

Check out Visual Baler. May be useful. Don't know of anyone with experience
in using it so have no recommendations.

http://the-ciba.com/vbaler/vbaler.html

Gord Dibben Excel MVP

 

[Harlan Grove]

Check out Visual Baler. May be useful. Don't know of anyone with experience
in using it so have no recommendations.

http://the-ciba.com/vbaler/vbaler.html

Dig deep into the linked pages and you'll find that Visual Baler is closest to
123 Release 3, which came out in Summer 1989. Unless you want to develop some
ability writing 123 classic macros (almost as useful as learning Cuneiform
unless one's old enough to have learned Cuneiform first), it's not a practical
option for most Excel developers.

 

[Harlan Grove]

Is there an equivalent method with Excel to package and deploy a runtime
version similar to Access where the end user doesn't have to have the
application on their system to run?

As a practical matter, no, because a fully functional viewer would eliminate
many/most potential users' need to buy Excel. There's an Access runtime because
Microsoft's DBMS competitors provide similar products. An Excel runtime would
provide much more of the core Excel functionality than the Access runtime does.
The Access runtime may increase the number of full Access packages (or Office
Pro) sold while an Excel runtime would likely decrease the number sold.

If you're concerned about cost, there are alternatives.