standalone access app

[davidoc]

hey folks,

I want to develope and access application and distribute it to computers that don't necessarily have the version of access I am working with. As I understand it, the office developer toolkit allow you do this with computers that don't have access installed. my question is will a conflict arise if I try and distribute it to a computer with a different version of access installed?

thanks for any help!!

Dave

 

[Kevin_S]

Dave - Generally as long as you install the runtime application in a different folder then that one where a different version of Access is installed you won't have any major problems. I will caution you however that the runtime version is, shall we say, less then friendly so make sure your app runs ok on it and it is bug free and compiled before you package and deploy.

HTH,
Kev

 

[jimbrooking]

You might want to consider the SageKey installers for Access Runtime: http://www.sagekey.com/. Their web site explains the many pitfalls of the MS Access Developer Edition installer. I've used the SageKey product on a half dozen Access distributions and have never had a complaint.

Jim