[AccessD] Deployment

Hi Rocky,

No I have not used the XP Developer packaging functionality.  I did use
the package and deployment capability in Office 97 when our product was
using Access 97.  After much research and making all the patches to fix
known problems with the packaging wizard I had no problems with our
deployments.  I guess the question is what are you going to do your
final packaging and deployment in.  You might as well use that to get
experience with it and find any problems early on.

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: Thursday, March 04, 2004 12:24 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Deployment


Doug:

Have you ever used the XP deployment itself?

Rocky

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Doug Murphy" <dw-murphy at cox.net>
To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'"
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Thursday, March 04, 2004 9:58 AM
Subject: RE: [AccessD] Deployment


> 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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