Running an Access DB on a computer w/out access installed

[Guest]

This may be a stupid question, however I have created an Access DB that will
be distributed to users on CD as an offline version. I am worried that some
of these users may have installed MS Ofiice Basic which doesn't include MS
Access, just Excel, Word, and Outlook. Is it possible for users to run the
read only DB on CD without Access installed?

thanks,
Matt

 

[Rick B]

Only if you packaged it with the runtime version of access. This would
require that you purchase and use the Developer's edition of Office. If you
are not sure, there is a very good chance that you do not have this version.
It is expensive and mostly for those who develop and sell database
applications.

Rick B

 

[david epsom dot com dot au]

You can't "run" an Access MDB without Access.

You can "look at it" - you can get at the data from a VB
program, or from Word, Excel, Power Point etc.

Or you can licence a royalty-free "runtime" version of
Access from Microsoft to install on your users computers.

For office 2003, "the royalty-free Access runtime license
is a component of the Access 2003 Developer Extensions"
http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/assistance/HA011208861033.aspx

(david)