Access 97 run time installer?

[patentinv]

Hello,
I have a roof-estimating program that I made in MS access 97. I want to sell it to online. However the buyer will have to have access 97 installed on their computer to be able to use my program. Is there a way to allow users to use my program with out them having access 97 installed on there computer? And if so how involved is it to make this work?

I’ve been reading about the access developer’s extensions for access that makes a run time version of an access program. Will this work in my situation. I’m using access 97. I've seen some web sites with run time installers. Do these programs really work like they say?

Will I need to re-write my program? And if I do need to re-write it, is there a certain way that it needs to be written in order for this to work.

Please Help

Thanks Chuck patentinv@sbcglobal.net

 

[ghudson]

You would need to buy the developers edition for Office [Access] 97 to be able to legally install the runtime version of Access onto a computer that does not have the version of Access that your db is designed in already installed on their computer. The only place you will be able to buy the developers edition is online like at Ebay. Be carefull to ensure that you do not get ripped off. The only re-write that you will have to do is to ensure that all of your functions and subs have decent error trapping for a runtime db will shut down if the user gets a runtime error from your db. You can easily upgrade your db to a newer version of Access if you have to buy a newer version of the developers edition. There are no legal versions of a runtime "download" that you might see somebody trying to sell. The Access 2003 version is called the developers extensions, the older versions are called the developers edition.

 

[michaeli]

Hi.
I opend the Add-In- Manager and i didn't see the "Wizard package and deployment"
I had office 2003.
How can i launch this option.

Thak you.

 

[ghudson]

You need to buy and install the Visual Studio 2005 Professional Editions [developers extensions package for Office 2003]. It costs $800 US dollars.

Visual Studio 2005 Professional Editions

Build with Access 2003 Developer Extensions

 

[patentinv]

Thanks for the help,
It appears that the Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the Microsoft Office System has the Access developer extensions section clicked. Please tell if I'm wrong. This would be a lot less expensive route, compared to the Visual Studio 2005 Professional with MSDN Premium Subscription.

Visual Studio 2005 Professional Editions

You mentioned I will need to have decent error trapping for all functions and subs for a runtime db, I'm not sure what that means, or how to accomplish that?

I think my best strategy would be to re-write the db in access 2003, which I don't have however I do have access 2000, Do you think access 2000 would be ok, If not I'll have to purchase access 2003. Along with the Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the Microsoft Office System, I hope this version works.

You mentioned to legally install my runtime db version: You would need to buy the developers edition for Office [Access] 97 to be able to legally install the runtime version of Access onto a computer that does not have the version of Access that your db is designed in.

What if the computer that I'm installing my runtime version db onto does not have access installed, not any versions? Will this this runtime version db install and run correctly?

Thank You.