what if clients don't have Microsoft Access

[Guest]

I'm developing a database, but I am not sure if all the clients have Access
on their machines. Can I distribute this so that anyone can use it regardless
if they have Microsoft Access or not? If so, how?

 

[Angus Comber]

If you use the Access 4GL - ie you create forms, etc then your client must
purchase an Access licence. If however you create a program (could be
written in C/C++/Delphi/Visual Basic) which accesses an Access database file
using Jet then your customer does not need an Access licence.

Angus

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

Not quite.

It's possible to purchase a royalty-free runtime version of Access that you
can distribute along with the application. Users who don't already have
Access can install the run-time and will be able to use the application.
(They won't, however, be able to make design changes to the forms, reports
or code)

Tony Toews has information about this at
http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/developereditionfaq.htm

 

[Angus Comber]

That's interesting. Wasn't aware of that.

Angus

 

[Joseph Meehan]

That's interesting. Wasn't aware of that.

Angus

Yea, that's they way it works. The only trouble relates to the cost of
that version of Access and in some situations, the support of the
application after it is distributed.

 

[Guest]

I bought a copy of MS Office Developer on Ebay a few years ago (half price).
Developer has the runtime version. It will package your database in an exe
or setup file and the end user installs the db. I made a program for a
company that did not want to buy Access.