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MS Access Forum / General 2 / September 2007Some Advise Needed
I have a Access 2002 DB that I want to Change into a Stand Alone Programme ( Not needing MS Access) so as I can sell to my friends. Any suggestions how I can go about this lawfully??? Thanks for any advise, Kim Wright >I have a Access 2002 DB that I want to Change into a Stand Alone Programme >( Not needing MS Access) so as I can sell to my friends. >Any suggestions how I can go about this lawfully??? Discard it and redesign it from scratch, in some program such as C++, VB.NET or Visual Basic. Access applications cannot - by their design and by the fact that they exist only because of the Access programming environment - be compiled into standalone programs. You *can* get a Runtime version of Access; it's even free with A2007. But to run an Access application you need Access. John W. Vinson [MVP] Thanks John. So if you have A2007 you can give it to your friend and if he does not have Access he can use it?? >>I have a Access 2002 DB that I want to Change into a Stand Alone Programme >>( Not needing MS Access) so as I can sell to my friends. [quoted text clipped - 14 lines] > > John W. Vinson [MVP] I have not used the runtime with v2007 but the previous versions required you to install a file on the workstation which does not have Access. Then a compiled version of an Access database can be run on that workstation (the design cannot be edited). > Thanks John. So if you have A2007 you can give it to your friend and if he > does not have Access he can use it?? [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > > > > John W. Vinson [MVP] >Thanks John. So if you have A2007 you can give it to your friend and if he >does not have Access he can use it?? You need to give them both the database - .mdb or a "compiled" .mde file - and the runtime version of the Access program msaccess.exe. It gets installed along with a whole bunch of .dll files; the runtime verision is "crippled" so that you can use an existing database, but not make any design changes to forms, reports, etc. Check out Tony Toews' website http://www.granite.ab.ca/access. He has a whole section on distributing applications. It's quite a bit of work to do it right, but the bottom line is... yes, your friend can use your database without having to purchase Access. John W. Vinson [MVP] Thanks John, Do you know where you can download Runtime Thanks for the advise.............Bob >>Thanks John. So if you have A2007 you can give it to your friend and if he >>does not have Access he can use it?? [quoted text clipped - 15 lines] > > John W. Vinson [MVP] >Thanks John, Do you know where you can download Runtime >Thanks for the advise.............Bob http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/office/bb229700.aspx (Thanks to Tony Toews' excellent website www.granite.ab.ca/access) John W. Vinson [MVP] If requested, a computer can have Access installed when bought. If not then a Windows installation disk should come with the computer.  Signaturewww.ae911truth.org > I have a Access 2002 DB that I want to Change into a Stand Alone Programme > ( Not needing MS Access) so as I can sell to my friends. > Any suggestions how I can go about this lawfully??? Thanks for any advise, > Kim Wright Use the new Access runtime 2007 for your friends. It runs Access 2002 databases. I have run 2002Databases on it. DO NOT INSTALL IT ON YOUR DEVELOPMENT MACHINE. it will disable your 2002 Access. Set up a virtual machine for testing. > I have a Access 2002 DB that I want to Change into a Stand Alone Programme > ( Not needing MS Access) so as I can sell to my friends. > Any suggestions how I can go about this lawfully??? Thanks for any advise, > Kim Wright Thanks Jan is Runtime free and where would I down load it from, Thanks for your advise ....Bob > Use the new Access runtime 2007 for your friends. It runs Access 2002 > databases. I have run 2002Databases on it. DO NOT INSTALL IT ON YOUR [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] >> advise, >> Kim Wright |
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