Run an application with NO Access installed (1 Viewer)

[st3ve]

I have written a small database in Access for a friend, and want to install it on their PC. They don't have Access installed, so is there a way I can 'wrap it up' so that they can use the database without having to buy and install the software, etc.

Cheers.

 

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Do a search here for 'Access Runtime' there have been quite a few posts asking this question. Here's one link for you.

http://www.access-programmers.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?s=&threadid=49107

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Or Here

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[st3ve]

Thanks for your posts. I have 'wrapped up' my Access2000 application in an .mde file and it runs fine on my Access2000 installed PC.

I can't get hold of a non-Access PC at present, but I tried it on an Access97 only PC and it can't run because the format is not compatible.
I supect that it 'sees' the Access2000 inside the .mde.

More importantly I suspect that one can't run a .mde application on a 'non Access installed' PC.

Any further help/pointers welcome. Thanks again.

 

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I can't get hold of a non-Access PC at present, but I tried it on an Access97 only PC and it can't run because the format is not compatible.
I supect that it 'sees' the Access2000 inside the .mde.

You could try to convert your A2K version to run on the Access97 PC. Tools >> Database Utilities >> Convert Database

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