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I found this post at another site and kinda am intrigued myself. Does anyone have a suggestion or a resource to go to ?

"I donot have the Microsoft Access 2000 developers addition, however, in the "Microsoft Office 2000 Visual Basic Programmers Guide" Page 41 reads, :If you have Microsoft Office 2000 Developer or Visual Basic 6.0, you can use the Package and Deployment Wizard to create a setup program for your solution.

My question is this - How do I use the VB 6.0 package - has anyone done this???"
 
I have used the Package and Deployment Wizard that comes with Office Developer 2000.

It helps you to distribute customised Office applications, such as an Access database, by doing two main things:

1) Creating an install package containing all of the software elements required to run your application. For example, if you refer to any non-standard objects they become part of the package.
You can then put the package onto a CD, network or even website, for the user to install by simply running the setup program.

2) If the user doesn;'t have MS Access, the package can include Access Runtime, which is a freely distributable version of Access. It lets the user run and use an Access database, but not change its design.

The version that ships with VB6 would be similar, I guess, except that it doesn't start with a base of MS Office - just the code you write, and whatever Object Libraries your code refers to.

I hope this helps

Dan
 
Hi Dan,

I have problem installing our Office developer 2000. It needs a vba 6 application installed..do I need to install a visual basic software 6?what do i need to install my office 2000 developer..I already installed Office 2000 Premium.

Thanks
 
Hello Whiterower

I don't have a brilliant answer, and am not sure exactly what the problem is.

What I can say, is that you should not need any other products to successfully install Office 2000 Developer.

You shouldn't need Visual Basic developers software (eg Visual Studio 6).

You might need to uninstall Office Premium first, and then load all the Office Programs you need from the Office Developer package.

Good luck!

I had lots of problems getting Developer 2000 loaded and running properly (not the problem you are having) but it has now served me well for a year.

cheers
Dan
 
Hi Danr,

What do I need to run my mde on the users workstation without installing the full MS Access application?..Will my mde ran if i just install Access runtime?
 
Yes.

The way I have done it, is to use the Package and Deployment Wizard (an add-in in Office Developer) to create an installation package to include the database itself (.mde or .mdb) as well as the Runtime files.

This package can then be installed on the users computer, so that the database is found in the Start menu, and it automatically launches runtime.

One thing you can't do is install runtime, and expect to run it directly, as you would for most applications. You have to actually launch the .mdb or .mde file to make it work.

Hope this helps

Dan
 
Hi Dan,

What is the filename(setup.exe) to install the PDW. I have Office 2000 developer but i couldn't install it as ive said it ask for vba 6 appliaction installed on my machine..can i install the PDW manually by running its setup separately from office developer? or do i have to install Office developer in order to use PDW?
Thanks for your replies..
 
whiterower,

I am new to the Developer packages also. I am using XP developer and remember on my first install that I had this problem. I went back to the install and went through all of the components to make sure all of the possible options were selected and over installed. I do not know what it was that got me past this obstacle but this solved the problem.

I think A2K and AXP both use the VB coding interface as opposed to A97 that had its own. It is a big change from A97 and I am still trying to get the hang of it. The software IS with the developer product but Microsoft does not make it obvious.

With Developer XP there are seven (7) CDs and none of them are titled Visual Basic! I looked in the most logical ones and could not find any folder explicitly VB6.

I have not seen any use in Developer for VB6 except for the above fact that the code work is now in a VB6 environment. Again, it did install with Developer. But you cannot just accept the defaults, make sure that all of the sub-components are selected as well. Good luck!
 

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