[AccessD] Deployment

Hi Rocky:

IF you have a windows server handy for orchestrating the deployment you
could try something as follows:

1. Create a sub-directory, off your ftproot directory, for each person or
group of persons you wish to send the file to.
2. Create a user name and/or group for all who you wish to deliver the
package to. Give appropriate access rights. (username/password)
3. In your IIS, create a virtual ftp account, using/pointing the name(s) to
the ftproot dir. Make sure the virtual ftp name is the same as the actual
directory name. (If the physical directory is name .\MyProduct the virtual
ftp directory should be named MyProduct). Attach the new account(s) through
the virtual ftp process as prompted. If you are only giving download rights,
set the virtual directory to Read-Only.
4. Send each group or single user(s), with your requesting email a line as
follow:
ftp://MyFTPVirtualAccount:theTopSecretPassword@MySiteURLorAddress/MyProductF
ileName.zip

Pressing on the line above will automatically start a download process.

HTH
Jim

-----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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