I need to make an Access app an EXE file

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Dennis - 09 Aug 2005 16:56 GMT

I am developing a project (Access 2002) that will ultimately have to be
compiled into an EXE file, which people who do not have Access will be able
to run. Please point me to the necessary information for me to read up on
how-to. In addition, any specific info you might have would be appreciated.

Thanks!

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Rick B - 09 Aug 2005 17:14 GMT

Do a search and read the previous posts on this topic. Asked and answered
all the time.

You can't make an EXE, but you can package it and distribute it with a
runt-timme version of acess.

You would need to purchase the Access Developer's Edition to do so.

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Rick B

> I am developing a project (Access 2002) that will ultimately have to be
> compiled into an EXE file, which people who do not have Access will be able
> to run. Please point me to the necessary information for me to read up on
> how-to. In addition, any specific info you might have would be appreciated.
>
> Thanks!

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Dennis - 09 Aug 2005 17:26 GMT

Here's the crazy part - my company has the product, and I installed it on my
PC. However, I cannot find where to access its features on the Access menus.
I don't *think* I did anything wrong on the installation, but no one (even on
this group) has been able to tell me what I should be looking for on my manu,
in order to ascertain if it's installed and working.

> Do a search and read the previous posts on this topic. Asked and answered
> all the time.
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> >
> > Thanks!

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Albert D.Kallal - 09 Aug 2005 18:22 GMT

> Here's the crazy part - my company has the product, and I installed it on
> my
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> manu,
> in order to ascertain if it's installed and working.

When you install the developers tools, the existing ms-access menus don't
change. You should in the standard windows menus get a menu in the office
grouping that has the "developer extensions" on it. With those menus, you
can run the package wizard that prompts you for what mde and other files to
include with your resulting package.

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Dennis - 09 Aug 2005 18:29 GMT

Thank you! I'll check that out.

> > Here's the crazy part - my company has the product, and I installed it on
> > my
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> can run the package wizard that prompts you for what mde and other files to
> include with your resulting package.

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Rick B - 09 Aug 2005 18:23 GMT

Your company has what product? You can't find where to access which
features?

Are you saying that you have the developer's edition of Access, but you
don't know how to deploy your database and include the run-time version?

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Rick B

> Here's the crazy part - my company has the product, and I installed it on my
> PC. However, I cannot find where to access its features on the Access menus.
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> > >
> > > Thanks!

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