legal ownership of developed software?

[Need_a_clue]

If I design a program n build it with Access, then export it as a stand alone
app & sell it on disc. Do I owe microsoft any money? or do i just need a
legal developers copy of Access? (is there a non-developers version?)

 

[Joseph Meehan]

If I design a program n build it with Access, then export it as a
stand alone app & sell it on disc. Do I owe microsoft any money? or
do i just need a legal developers copy of Access? (is there a
non-developers version?)

You just need a developer's version of Access. Note most versions of
Access allow you develop applications for your own use but they are not the
developer's version. I don't recall what they are calling it now, but it
comes complete with everything you need to install the restricted version of
Access (the one that can not be used to develop or modify an Access
database) including a license to do it. Expect to pay $600.00 + for just
this program.

 

[Rick Brandt]

If I design a program n build it with Access, then export it as a
stand alone app & sell it on disc. Do I owe microsoft any money? or
do i just need a legal developers copy of Access? (is there a
non-developers version?)

Just how would you "export it as a stand-alone app"? An Access
file/application requires Microsoft Access to be installed on the user's PC.

If you want to sell your *file* to people who already have Access installed
then you have no more obligations to MS than if you were selling an Excel
file or a Word document. That is to say "None".

If you want to create a package that will let your users run your app even
if they don't have Access installed then you would have to include the
runtime version of Access on your installation disk and that would require
that you buy the developer's tools for you version of Access. That gives
you the tools to create such a package and the license to distribute it.

 

[Tony Toews]

I don't recall what they are calling it now, but it
comes complete with everything you need to install the restricted version of
Access

Microsoft Access (Office) Developer Edition FAQ
http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/developereditionfaq.htm

Tony
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[Guest]

You can do what you are looking for if you buy .Net for office (VB). I
bought for around $400. It includes a "viewer" that you can distribute
freely that allows a user read only access to a file. The user can enter
information in forms and it will save, but can not modify your DB or code.
Your DB can still be used and modified via MS Access. This is very easy to
use and allows you some neat functionality.

Robert

 

[Joseph Meehan]

Rick Brandt wrote:
...

Just how would you "export it as a stand-alone app"? An Access
file/application requires Microsoft Access to be installed on the
user's PC.

MS sells a special version of Access for developers. It includes a
limited use version of Access that the developer can legally give to their
customers and their customers will be able to use the product. They will
not be able to make additional databases or make changes to the one
provided.

 

[Rick Brandt]

Rick Brandt wrote:
..

MS sells a special version of Access for developers. It includes a
limited use version of Access that the developer can legally give to
their customers and their customers will be able to use the product. They will
not be able to make additional databases or make changes to
the one provided.

Yes, I am familiar with the developer's kits (I mentioned it in my response if
read the whole thing).

It sounded like the OP thought that there was simple "Make an exe" feature built
into Access. I was just pointing out that this is not the case.

 

[Tony Toews]

You can do what you are looking for if you buy .Net for office (VB). I
bought for around $400. It includes a "viewer" that you can distribute
freely that allows a user read only access to a file. The user can enter
information in forms and it will save, but can not modify your DB or code.
Your DB can still be used and modified via MS Access. This is very easy to
use and allows you some neat functionality.

Do you have a URL for this product?

Tony
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read the entire thread of messages.
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[Douglas J Steele]

Do you have a URL for this product?

Sounds like he's talking about the run-time version of Access that's part of
VSTO.

 

[Tony Toews]

Sounds like he's talking about the run-time version of Access that's part of
VSTO.

Yes and no. He mentioned "read only access to a file" which the
runtime definitely is not. Well, ok, you could read it as not
allowing you into the design side of Access.

But runtime is also not called .Net for Office (VB).

Tony
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[Douglas J Steele]

Yes and no. He mentioned "read only access to a file" which the
runtime definitely is not. Well, ok, you could read it as not
allowing you into the design side of Access.

His clarification ("The user can enter information in forms and it will
save, but can not modify your DB or code.") certainly sounds like runtime.

But runtime is also not called .Net for Office (VB).

True, but VSTO is documented along with the rest of Visual Studio 2005,
which is all .Net

Go to http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/products/newfeatures/default.aspx
Select "Visual Studio Tools for Office" under Product, and "All" under
feature. ASP.Net certainly gets mentioned a lot, even if VB.Net doesn't.

Of course, I see no mention of the runtime there either (although I was
advised elsewhere that it is in VSTO 2005)