[AccessD] Deployment

MartyConnelly martyconnelly at shaw.ca
Wed Mar 3 18:19:44 CST 2004


Roughly a ballpark figure for Access 2000 50 MB + or 70MB+ if you don't 
drop IE5 install. XP should be similar.

Rocky Smolin - Beach Access Software wrote:

>And when you use it how big is the file?
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>Rocky
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>----- 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
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>>...yeah, you need the ODE for XP ...but you can pick that up on e-bay
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>pretty
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>>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.
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>>William Hindman "My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees
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>with
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>>me." Disraeli
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>>----- 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
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>>>William:
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>>>What's the overhead?  How big is the package net of the mdb or mde
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>itself?
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>>>Did you have to buy a developer's license for AXP?
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>>>Rocky
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>>>----- 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
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>>>>...can't speak to 2000 but the deployment package in AXP was head over
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>>>heels
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>>>>better than the A97 version ...I've deployed more than a hundred AXP
>>>>runtimes with it without a hiccup ...hth :)
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>>>>William Hindman "My idea of an agreeable person is a person who agrees
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>>>with
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>>>>me." Disraeli
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>>>>----- 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
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>>>>Dear List:
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>>>>I've got an app I'm developing for the consumer market and we're in
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>beta
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>>>>testing now.  It's in A2K so all the betas have to have Access.
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>>>>Eventually it will have to be packaged as a run-time. But at that
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>point
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>>it
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>>>>will be shrink-wrapped.
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>>>>In the short term we could expand our beta testing universe with a
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>>>run-time.
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>>>>So I'm trying to figure out the best way to do this.
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>>>>The problem AFAIK with the run-times is their size.  Right now we can
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>>>email
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>>>>the mde to a beta tester and it's about 3-4MB.  If I put up a run-time
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>>>>web site, beta testers are not likely to know how to do an FTP
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>program.
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>>>>I suppose I could make a password protected folder on my web site, and
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>>get
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>>>>my web site developer to make the run-time downloadable or installable
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>>>>the site.  I don't know how to do this.  Maybe she does.
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>>>>I've got A97 developer's edition, Wise Installer, and the Sagekey
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>script
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>>>>A97.  But I don't think that the app can be converted back to A97.  In
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>>>>event, the total A97/Wise/Sagekey package runs to about 70MB IIRC.
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>>>>I could buy A2002 or A2003 if they've got a better deployment
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>capability
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>>>>than they've had in the past.
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>>>>What are your recommendations, suggestions, thoughts?
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>>>>Thanks in advance,
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>>>>Rocky Smolin
>>>>Beach Access Software
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