[AccessD] Run ACC03 Demo from CD?

Penn White ecritt1 at alltel.net
Sat Apr 8 09:40:34 CDT 2006


I don't know.  I started using Access with version 2003 and I've just 
continued with that.  Also, since the Runtime is version 2003, I wasn't sure 
it would work with earlier versions.

Penn

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <DWUTKA at marlow.com>
To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 6:01 PM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Run ACC03 Demo from CD?


> Sounds about right.  Is there a specific reason to stay with the Access 
> 2003
> format?  If you save it as an Access 2000 database, it's backwards
> compatible for several versions (until you hit Access 97).
>
> Drew
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Penn White [mailto:ecritt1 at alltel.net]
> Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 4:43 AM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Run ACC03 Demo from CD?
>
> Drew & Charlotte,
>
> Thank you for your replies.  I was thinking that was probably the case but
> didn't have all the details.
>
> Just to clarify, Drew, these are the steps as I understand them from your
> post:
>
> 1. Package Wizard the runtime without any files and put Setup.exe and 
> \files
>
> folder (but not the autorun.inf) on a CD (maybe in a \Setup folder?).
> 2. On the same CD, put the frontend *.mde and the backend *.mdb.
> 3. Send the CD to the potential client with instructions that
>    a. if they have ACC03 installed to just double clicck on the *.mde file
> (the frontend) on the CD.
>    b. if they don't have ACC03 (or maybe ACC03 runtime for some other
> reason), then they should double click on Setup.exe on the CD and after 
> the
> setup wizard completes, double clcik on the *.mde file.
>
> Note: My frontend automatically looks for the backend and if it can't find
> it, it prompts the user to locate it and then relinks.  It actually writes 
> a
>
> registry entry itself for the path to the backend as a default for the 
> next
> time when I send an updated front end.
>
> Will that work or should I put the frontend and backend together for the
> demo, do you think?
>
> What happens if they have an earlier version of Access on their machine 
> and
> they run the Setup.exe from my demo CD?  Does it get overwritten by the 03
> Runtime or do they co-exist peacefully and happily?
>
> Penn
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <DWUTKA at marlow.com>
> To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 7:26 PM
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Run ACC03 Demo from CD?
>
>
>> An installation goes to the OS, and whatever drive it's on.  If you
>> installed software to a CD, the OS would have to read .dll's from that 
>> CD,
>> which would be pretty slow.  And, that CD wouldn't 'work' on another
>> machine, because that machine's registry wouldn't have the proper
>> settings.
>> (When you install software, only certain things go where you say you want
>> it
>> installed.  A lot of things are done in the registry and go automatically
>> into the Windows/winnt and system32 folder).
>>
>> Your best option would be to put the application on CD, along with the
>> runtime installation.  If the people you are demoing it too have Access
>> 2003, then they can just run your demo database.  If they don't have
>> Access,
>> then they install the runtime first, then run your demo.
>>
>> Drew
>>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Penn White [mailto:ecritt1 at alltel.net]
>> Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 6:10 PM
>> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>> Subject: [AccessD] Run ACC03 Demo from CD?
>>
>> Does anyone know of a way to put the Access 2003 Runtime on a CD so that 
>> a
>> demo of an Access 2003 application can be put on the CD and run from the
>> CD
>> without installing anything on the user's computer?
>>
>> The Package Wizard only seems to be able to install the Runtime to the 
>> C:\
>> drive.
>>
>> And then what happens if the user already has a version of Access on 
>> their
>> computer or even Access 2003?
>>
>> Thank you,
>>
>> Penn
>>
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