Stand Alone Application

[Guest]

I developed an application in MS Access 2000 that is working great. I have
been asked to deploy it world-wide. The problem is that not everyone that
will be using it has MS Access. Is there a way to make it available to users
that do not have MS Access? If so, how can it be done?

Thanks in advance

Dwight

 

[Rick B]

You would have to purchase the developers edition and package the run-time
version of access with it.

Rick B

 

[Guest]

Is there particular version that I should use? (Standard, Professional)

Dwight

 

[Rick B]

developer's edition.

Is there particular version that I should use? (Standard, Professional)

Dwight

 

[Guest]

I have never deployed an application like this before so I am very unfamiliar
with the process. I have been looking for a site to purchase the developers
edition, but not having any luck. I have not even been able to locate it on
Microsoft. When I asked what version, I was wondering if newer versions of
the product has backwards compatability, or do I need to find a specific
version to go with Access 2000.

Thanks!

Dwight

 

[Larry Daugherty]

The runtime version must be the same as the version you use to develop the
application. Each version has its own Developer Tools. MS keeps changing
the name of the developer tools with each version. I believe you can find
the names of the various versions on the Microsoft Support site.

HTH

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

As you were already told, you need to get the Developer's Edition that's the
same as your current version of Access. Unfortunately, Microsoft no longer
sells previous versions of Developer's Edition.

If you want to stick with Access 2000, one possibility is to check out sites
that specialize in old software products, such as
http://www.emsps.com/oldtools/ or http://recycledsoftware.com/

Another is to look at someplace like eBay to see whether anyone's trying to
see their old versions (Note, though, that products purchased this way
aren't always legal...)

If you want to move to the latest version of Access, you'll 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.

If you're using MSDN, note that while VSTO is available in all subscription
levels of MSDN, the Access Developer Extensions are not included with all
versions. ADE is only available at Universal level.

The stand-alone VSTO box includes both VSTO and the ADE.

See http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/office/officetools.aspx for more
details

You might also check what Tony Toews has at
http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/developereditionfaq.htm for more
information.

 

[Jeff Conrad]

This link should help answer a lot of questions for you:

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