Question on sharing a database

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Kristy

Is there a way so that other people can view your
database/forms if they don't have Access installed? For
example, if Access is installed on the server does that
allow people who are connected to the server to view
databases/forms in Access?

Please help!
 
Every user that will open the application needs either the full version of
Access, or the run-time engine which you get by using the Office Developer
edition to create an installation package containing your files and the
Access engine.

Clear as mud?

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Thank you!! Is the Office Developer something you can
download? Sorry, I have never heard of it..
 
Nope. For Office XP, it is a whole different version of Office, beyond
Standard and Professional.

I am not familiar with the terminology for Access 2003, but I know there was
a change and it now incorporates/integrates/whatever with Visual Studio.

Depending on your version and the number of users, you may be better off
buying Access full-version.

Feel free to post back with your specifics (users, versions, etc.)

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If you are running XP or Win 2K on the desktops and server, you can use
Terminal Services for up to 2 connections at a time. So you can use the data
on a server based installation. If you buy a Terminal Server (more expensive
than multiple copies of Office) and have a beefy machine, you can have
dozens of connections to the server.
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Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
Microsoft Access
Free Access downloads:
http://www.datastrat.com
http://www.mvps.org/access
 
I don't think so. But a call to Microsoft Licensing would resolve that. You
do need to pay for 2 licenses for Office, even though they are not
installed.

The other 2 alternatives are a runtime install (but that's still an install,
albeit cheaper than having to buy a full license) and ASP or ColdFusion
(i.e. a web interface, which is very expensive to build for a small number
of users)
--
Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
Microsoft Access
Free Access downloads:
http://www.datastrat.com
http://www.mvps.org/access
 
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