[AccessD] Acc97 run-time question.

...you absolutely have to do a trial install on a clean system ...there are
a number of things that work in Access that don't work in the runtime
installs ...and damned little info from MS on them :(

William Hindman
<http://www.freestateproject.org> - Do you want liberty in your lifetime?


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Todd Buttrey" <todd_5036 at msn.com>
To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Wednesday, October 08, 2003 3:52 PM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Acc97 run-time question.


> Since you didn't list the files, there is no way to tell if that is all
you
> need.   Also, since we don't know what the program does, there is no way
to
> know if there are other dependencies like ADO or some MS control that is
not
> built into Access97.
>
> Can't you get your hands on a machine that does not have Access on it and
> try the install yourself?  You should always dev test your work before you
> release it.  Even the install.
>
>
> Todd.
>
>
> ----Original Message Follows----
> From: "Bobby Heid" <bheid at appdevgrp.com>
> Reply-To: Access Developers discussion and problem
> solving<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem
> solving'"<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
> Subject: [AccessD] Acc97 run-time question.
> Date: Wed, 8 Oct 2003 13:05:14 -0400
>
> Hey,
>
> Our client has office 97 on every pc that our application goes on.  SO I
> have never had to create a run-time install.  We usually create an install
> using an older copy of Wise Installer.
>
> Anyway, they have a satellite office that does not want to put Access 97
on
> their systems and they want us to give them the run-time.  I tried the
> set-up wizard using a blank database.  It created 18 files that total up
to
> about 1.09MB.  Is that what I need to send to them for testing?  All I
want
> to do is load the run-time on their PCs.
>
> We are moving to XP very soon (client is slow to change) so this will be a
> moot point later.  But for now...
>
>
> Thanks,
> Bobby
>
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