Deploy Access Runtime -- How?

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DanielWilson - 01 Mar 2007 23:09 GMT

I need to deploy the Access Runtime with a solution I have developed.

I have Visual Studio 2005 Pro. I have the VSTO download. I also have Access
2003.

But I can't find the "package wizard" anywhere. What am I missing?

According to http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/office/aa905402.aspx
"

* Tool: Build with Access 2003 Developer Extensions

The Access 2003 Developer Extensions (ADE) are a series of wizards
that run inside Access 2003 to help developers quickly and easily create,
test, and deploy sophisticated Access solutions. The ADE tools are part of
the Visual Studio Tools for Office software package. You must have Access
2003 installed on your computer in order to use the ADE tools, but there is
no requirement for you to purchase and install Visual Studio .NET. The Visual
Studio Tools for Office and Visual Studio .NET are separate packages that,
when combined, allow developers to create Microsoft Office solutions in
managed code."

So I shouldn't even need Visual Studio ... but I got that too. I still
can't find how to deploy this product!

Thanks for any clarification here. If someone on the MS documentation team
sees this, please make this corner of the MS website less confusing!

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George Nicholson - 02 Mar 2007 00:27 GMT

>The ADE tools are part of
> the Visual Studio Tools for Office software package.

Note: part of the VSTO software package (eg, in the box), but not part of
the VSTO software itself. Confusing, eh?

Access Developers Extensions are on a separate disc included in the VSTO2003
retail box. Also on a separate disc with certain levels of MSDN
subscriptions (not aware of any other means to aquire ADE either).

ADE is a separate *and unrelated* installation from VSTO.

Not sure what "VSTO download" you have, but it probably won't help.

HTH,

>I need to deploy the Access Runtime with a solution I have developed.
>
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> team
> sees this, please make this corner of the MS website less confusing!

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DanielWilson - 03 Mar 2007 13:54 GMT

So ... "there

> > is
> > no requirement for you to purchase and install Visual Studio .NET"

... except that that's the only way it's sold. Yes, confusing. Bordering
on an outright lie.

Thanks for clearing that up.

> >The ADE tools are part of
> > the Visual Studio Tools for Office software package.
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> > team
> > sees this, please make this corner of the MS website less confusing!

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George Nicholson - 05 Mar 2007 19:29 GMT

> Bordering on an outright lie.

Unless VSTO is no longer available as a separate product its nowhere close
to a lie. Just very confusing.

>> >The Visual Studio Tools for Office and Visual Studio .NET are separate
>> >packages

A very true statement

>> >You must have Access
>> > 2003 installed on your computer in order to use the ADE tools,
>> > but there is no requirement for you to purchase and install Visual
>> > Studio .NET.

When VSTO 2003 was released, this was quite true: purchase/installation of
VS.Net was not required for ADE (in fact, VS.Net didn't, and still doesn't
include ADE afaik). Purchase (but not installation) of VSTO was (since
that's the box it came in). I assumed this was still true. Is VSTO no longer
available as a separate product? Do you have to buy VS.Net to get VSTO?

I personally chose to blame MS marketing for falling down big time on the
"lets name stuff" part of their jobs (i.e., VS vs VSTO, VSTO box which both
includes the separate products VSTO & ADE...).

HTH,

> So ... "there
>> > is
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>> > team
>> > sees this, please make this corner of the MS website less confusing!

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