[AccessD] Deployment

William:

What's the overhead?  How big is the package net of the mdb or mde itself?

Did you have to buy a developer's license for AXP?

Rocky

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "William Hindman" <wdhindman at bellsouth.net>
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving"
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 8:16 AM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Deployment


> ...can't speak to 2000 but the deployment package in AXP was head over
heels
> better than the A97 version ...I've deployed more than a hundred AXP
> runtimes with it without a hiccup ...hth :)
>
> William Hindman "My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees
with
> me." Disraeli
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software" <bchacc at san.rr.com>
> To: <AccessD at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 10:55 AM
> Subject: [AccessD] Deployment
>
>
> Dear List:
>
> I've got an app I'm developing for the consumer market and we're in beta
> testing now.  It's in A2K so all the betas have to have Access.
>
> Eventually it will have to be packaged as a run-time. But at that point it
> will be shrink-wrapped.
>
> In the short term we could expand our beta testing universe with a
run-time.
> So I'm trying to figure out the best way to do this.
>
> The problem AFAIK with the run-times is their size.  Right now we can
email
> the mde to a beta tester and it's about 3-4MB.  If I put up a run-time on
my
> web site, beta testers are not likely to know how to do an FTP program.
>
> I suppose I could make a password protected folder on my web site, and get
> my web site developer to make the run-time downloadable or installable
from
> the site.  I don't know how to do this.  Maybe she does.
>
> I've got A97 developer's edition, Wise Installer, and the Sagekey script
for
> A97.  But I don't think that the app can be converted back to A97.  In any
> event, the total A97/Wise/Sagekey package runs to about 70MB IIRC.
>
> I could buy A2002 or A2003 if they've got a better deployment capability
> than they've had in the past.
>
> What are your recommendations, suggestions, thoughts?
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Rocky Smolin
> Beach Access Software
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