Running Access application without Access

[Guest]

Hi everybody,

Just got a question. I am a beginer in this. Lets say I create an
application on Access. Is there a way to run this application on a computer
which doesn't have Access installed? I remember in Visual Basic, we used to
be able to create a .exe file of the application and it would run. Is there
any such way of doing this in Access? Please advise.

Thank You

 

[Guest]

hi,
yes you can.
http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/accesstovb.htm
this site has software to do that. i have never used it.
you would have to get crystal reports also because
apparently the software can't convert access reports.
also they want money for the software. bummer.

 

[Fred Boer]

Dear Ricky:

You can't create an .exe of an Access application. If you want to distribute
your application to a computer without Access installed, you need to package
your application with what is called a "runtime" version of Access. You do
this with what used to be called the "Developer's Edition" of Access. Now it
is called the "Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office System". The
"Visual Studio...blah blah", contains the "Microsoft Office Access 2003
Developer Extensions". The "Microsoft Office Access 2003 Developer
Extensions" allows you to create a setup package that will install a
special, royalty-free version of Access.

I don't want to drown you in detail, so I'll just encourage you to do some
research about this. Distributing a Access runtime application involves a
number of issues in the design of your application. In addition, the "Setup"
package created by the Developer Extensions is limited - most serious
developers tend to avoid it altogether and purchase aftermarket installers.
Here are two links to information about the "Visual Stu...blah, blah".


http://msdn.microsoft.com/howtobuy/vsto/default.aspx

http://msdn.microsoft.com/howtobuy/vsto/purchase/

HTH
Fred Boer