[AccessD] Deployment

Doug Murphy dw-murphy at cox.net
Thu Mar 4 11:58:44 CST 2004


Hi Rocky,

I have done several install packages using XP Deveoper, Wise and Sagekey
and the package is usually a little less than 60 Meg.  If your users
have high speed connections this isn't too bad to download.  Could be
painfull over a dial up connection.

Doug

Douglas Murphy
Murphy's Creativity
(619) 334-5121
doug at murphyscreativity.com
www.murphyscreativity.com




-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin
- Beach Access Software
Sent: Wednesday, March 03, 2004 7:56 AM
To: AccessD at databaseadvisors.com
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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