[AccessD] A97 - AXP

Hi Richard:

Unless there are a large amount of computers in the office. Access97 and
Access2000 will have to be installed, individually on each computer
requiring access to the specific versions of Access. It can be a slow
process. If you are responsible, for such an event, you may want to start
trying to move the users up to one version of Access, like XP. I have found
that most applications will upgrade without issue. This will take a high
degree of tack, may require some training sessions and therapy for yourself.

In a larger office, when a big roll-outs it is done, it is more economic, to
replace all the computers with a standard model, create a standard CD OS
image or server image. This image can have all three versions, A97, A2K and
AXP setup. All custom applications will have to run off the server(s). In
this scenario, after the initial station is fully tested, the image is
generated from that station, then each computer can be upgraded in about ten
minutes. You should only entertain this idea if there were more than thirty
computers to upgrade.

You can run all three versions of Access on the same box, just work backward
from the current version to the oldest, making sure you do not over-write
any directories or files. I would recommend trying to wean everyone off
older versions, assuming all the applications have their source code.

(With all the individuals creating and running their own applications, in
every version of Access, it sound like my worse nightmare...At least you
have job security. Then proper license issues can be really ugly... If there
are enough people, a site-license can be a cheaper alternative.)

HTH
Jim

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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of Griffiths,
Richard
Sent: Tuesday, April 01, 2003 1:17 AM
To: 'AccessD at databaseadvisors.com'
Subject: [AccessD] A97 - AXP


Hi

looking for advice.....we are currently rolling out XP with office XP.

Most users beforehand used A97 (a few A2000, A95).  I have been asked to
suggest way forward w.r.t. how to implement this process w.r.t to users
still being able to run their existing access applications.

In summary

some applications are user developed using direct access to tables ie. table
view
some applications third party developed
most still have A97
some have been upgraded to XP

My initial thoughts were to wrap up all the A97 apps into runtime and
distribute......

however this has problems as users have designed some of their apps using
table views etc which do not work under runtime
also this option prevents users from going in and setting up their own
queries and making their own amendments i.e. using full blown Access.

So how can A97 users run along side AXP (A2000) users most efficiently?  Can
this be done??

(I did think whether users should keep hold of their A97 copy in addition to
Office/Access XP, but I think we may have used those licenses for the
upgrade to Office XP)

Any experience/suggestion would be greatly appreciated.


Richard
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