[AccessD] Deployment

...total is more than 50mb ...plus your app mdb/mde. :(

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 2:58 PM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Deployment


> 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
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