[AccessD] Deployment

Doug:

Have you ever used the XP deployment itself?

Rocky

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Murphy" <dw-murphy at cox.net>
To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'"
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Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 9:58 AM
Subject: RE: [AccessD] Deployment


> Hi Rocky,
>
> I have done several install packages using XP Deveoper, Wise and Sagekey
> and the package is usually a little less than 60 Meg.  If your users
> have high speed connections this isn't too bad to download.  Could be
> painfull over a dial up connection.
>
> Doug
>
> Douglas Murphy
> Murphy's Creativity
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>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin
> - Beach Access Software
> Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 7:56 AM
> To: AccessD at databaseadvisors.com
> 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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