MS Access Run time

[Guest]

I understand if you have MS Access run time you don't need Access. My
problem is that I have people that need to input data and retreve data, but
not build databases. How does MS Access run time work?

 

[Jeff Conrad]

Here is a past post by MVP Doug "Spot me a beer" Steele
which should help:You can purchase the Developer Edition of Office*. That allows you to
package your application together with a royalty-free run-time version of
Access that your users can install so that they can use your application.

*Actually, the name is constantly changing.Tony Toews has an overview at
http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/developereditionfaq.htm that should help you
figure out what you need.

http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/developereditionversions.htm

http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/developereditionfaq.htm

Be aware, though, that Microsoft only sells the most recent version of
Office. With Office 2003, that means you need to purchase the following in
order to create an Access 2003 runtime application:

- Microsoft Access 2003
- Visual Studio Tools for Office 2003 (which includes the Access 2003
Developer Extensions)

The ADE is the product that gives you the license to deploy the 2003 runtime
components and you have to have Access 2003 installed in order to install
the ADE.