So I made a little db using A2k3 to use @ work. We have OpenOffice.org 2.0 @ work and not MS Office. Since I knew Access better than OO's db program, I used it and was going to just take it in and use it after it was finished. Well, I didn't realize that unlike OO's Word, PowerPoint and Excel versions, it's Access version does NOT open it's MS equivalent - Access db's. It'll link to them and use data, but all tables, forms, reports, etc have to be designed in the OO environment. Geez!! So I looked @ getting the Access Runtime. It's a bit expensive from what I read (about $200 if I read correctly). I have a couple questions. First, is it really that expensive? Second, is there another solution to this problem? Third, I read that the 2007 runtime may be free. Is that so? If so, will it work backwards - with a 2003 db? Thank you, thank you, thank you.
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Access runtime for office 2007 is free:
http://blogs.msdn.com/clintcovingto...me-and-developer-extensions-will-be-free.aspx
In openoffice you can't use access. Only thru Base, the dbase in openoffice, which allows you to pull data from an Access dbase.
http://www.openoffice.org/product/base.html
http://blogs.msdn.com/clintcovingto...me-and-developer-extensions-will-be-free.aspx
In openoffice you can't use access. Only thru Base, the dbase in openoffice, which allows you to pull data from an Access dbase.
http://www.openoffice.org/product/base.html
