Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software
bchacc at san.rr.com
Wed Mar 3 13:58:29 CST 2004
And when you use it how big is the file? 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 8:53 AM Subject: Re: [AccessD] Deployment > ...yeah, you need the ODE for XP ...but you can pick that up on e-bay pretty > cheap now ...but you need that whether you use wise/sagekey or the ODE > packaging wizard ...iirc the ODE has the runtime distribution license, not > the Office Pro pkg. > > 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: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" > <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 11:44 AM > Subject: Re: [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 > > > -- > > > _______________________________________________ > > > AccessD mailing list > > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > > > > -- > > > _______________________________________________ > > > AccessD mailing list > > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > > > -- > > _______________________________________________ > > AccessD mailing list > > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > > > > -- > _______________________________________________ > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >