Access Runtime Installation

[stepone]

Hello,

I have a question about Access runtime. We have some users at work who don't have Access on their machines, but we would like them to be able to use databases we have created. My suggestion was to purchase Visual Studio Tools for Office, which will give us Access Developer Extensions and allow us to distribute runtime versions of our databases.

However, the pcs here at work are pretty well tied down in terms of installing anything. E.g. no registry changes are allowed, unless you are an administrator.

So my question is - what is actually involved in installing the Access Runtime. Can it be achieved simply by copying the relevant files (ACCESSRT.* ?) into the office directory, or is there more to it than that. Will I be able to get my databases up and running myself, or is it likely that I will need the help of the Technology Department to get the Runtime installed ?

Thanks for any advice,

 

[ghudson]

The user must have Admin privileges on their PC to install the Access runtime.

 

[stepone]

Thanks G,

I have a follow-up question

I've been told that all pcs up here should already have Access Runtime installed. How can I check that this is the case ? I can't see anything obvious on their Start menus.

Also - if a pc has runtime installed, should they be able to open an MDB/MDE file, or do they have to set up a shortcut which calls the /runtime switch ?

That was actually 2 questions - sorry !

Thanks

 

[ghudson]

Thanks G,

I have a follow-up question

I've been told that all pcs up here should already have Access Runtime installed. How can I check that this is the case ? I can't see anything obvious on their Start menus.

Also - if a pc has runtime installed, should they be able to open an MDB/MDE file, or do they have to set up a shortcut which calls the /runtime switch ?

That was actually 2 questions - sorry !

Thanks

Office 2003 Pro includes the Access runtime. There is nothing to install if the users have Office 2003 Pro installed on their PC. You can make the users open the db using the Access 2003 runtime with a custom shortcut that includes the /runtime command switch. I always make my users open my custom apps with a shortcut since I only allow the users to open the db with the Runtime version of Access.