Access 2003 Developer Package Wizard

[Romanov]

With Office 2000 and Office XP I have been using the Package Wizard to build setup packages for distributing Access solutions. One of the strong thing in this soliution is that it scans for dependencies and automatically add these to the package.

Now I'm building application using Access 2003. If I'm correct then the Package Wizard is now a part of the Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Microsoft Office System 2003. To install this you first need to instal the Visual Studio.Net 2003 and then the Office 2003 Developer, before installing Visual Studio Tools for Microsoft Office.

I have done that, but I still can't find the Access Packaging Wizard ?. Can anyone tell me what I'm doing wrong?

Romanov

 

[Treason]

From what I read in another thread Access 2003 will not have a runtime solution like the other versions.

 

[Romanov]

I found a solution, but.........

I just found out what I was missing. I needed to install the Microsoft Office Access 2003 Developer Extensions. After I did this I have a Package Wizard like in the earlier versions.

That din't solve my problem - in earlier versions of the package wizard (access xp) there was a scan who found and automaticaly added any depensies like dll, ocx and so on - those where then automaticaly included in the package and registred in the registri .

This dosn't seem to be available in access 2003 wizard - is there any way I can scan a 2003 access application for dependensies and make sure that those are implemented in my installation package ??

Romanov

 

[ghudson]

The 2003 version of the packaging wizard is very disapointing when compared to the 97 version.

I avoid DLLs and ActiveX so I can not help you there but I do not see where the 2003 packaging wizard "looks" for what your install needs. You will have to add them in the "Additional Files" section of the packing wizard.

One thing I discovered with the Access 2003 version is that you do not have to "install" the Access 2003 runtime with your package if the user already has Access 2003 installed and you want them to open the db using the /Runtime switch. Because of that, I ditched the packing wizard and self-extract the files the users need to their PC's.