Run time Access

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How do I distribute a run time version of access with my database so that
persons without access on their machine can use my database. I would like to
do this with a cd and by email
 
David said:
How do I distribute a run time version of access with my database so that
persons without access on their machine can use my database. I would like to
do this with a cd and by email
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You do this via the Developer version of Access. But Microsoft, for
some reason (probably an irrational desire to sell more copies of
Access), will charge you substantially for this privilege. During a
brief search on Microsoft's Web site, I didn't see it there, but I think
you need a subscription to MSDN. Check their Web site at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/.

You do have other options for distributing your information, such as via
Web pages (perhaps stored on a CD), that you might find more convenient
for your customers.

-- Vincent Johns <[email protected]>
Please feel free to quote anything I say here.
 
That's not a free version of the runtime. It's an alternative version of the
Access 2000 runtime that people who own Office 2000 Developer can use
instead of the version that comes with Office 2000 Developer. (IIRC, the
initial version of the runtime was somewhere around 100 MB, and this version
is far smaller, as it doesn't include Internet Explorer)

I don't believe it comes with the Package & Deployment Wizard, so you cannot
package your application up with it for redistribution. Even if you could
package your application to use that version, though, it would be illegal
unless you had obtained the license by purchasing Office 2000 Developer.
 
Thanks Doug
Thought that was too good to be true

Douglas J. Steele said:
That's not a free version of the runtime. It's an alternative version of the
Access 2000 runtime that people who own Office 2000 Developer can use
instead of the version that comes with Office 2000 Developer. (IIRC, the
initial version of the runtime was somewhere around 100 MB, and this version
is far smaller, as it doesn't include Internet Explorer)

I don't believe it comes with the Package & Deployment Wizard, so you cannot
package your application up with it for redistribution. Even if you could
package your application to use that version, though, it would be illegal
unless you had obtained the license by purchasing Office 2000 Developer.
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Hi Vincent
Can you give me some idea how I can distribute with a web page, I use front
page with my web site, can I do it with front page and is so how
regards
Dave
 
David said:
Hi Vincent
Can you give me some idea how I can distribute with a web page, I use front
page with my web site, can I do it with front page and is so how
regards
Dave
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I guess the big question is, do you need it to be active? If your users
need only to see the reports, and don't need to enter their own data,
you can publish the material in many ways: Front Page, Word, text files,
whatever you can display on a Web page. For that matter, you wouldn't
even need a Web page -- just publish Word documents (or similar). I
think Microsoft does provide MS Word readers free of charge to anyone.

-- Vincent Johns <[email protected]>
Please feel free to quote anything I say here.
 
Yes they do need to be active, it is a database for address labels printing,
so full use of it would be needed by the user, and have a vesion (I would
have thought) on their computer
Dave
 
They wouldn't need Access to print labels from the data - they could do that
using Word or another word processor app. But if they need to be able to
edit the data, then you will need to provide some kind of interface, using
either Access or some other development tool, to enable that. You can find
more information about obtaining and using the Access Developer Extensions
at the following URL ...

http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011208861033.aspx
 
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