[AccessD] Seeking your Access Runtime Experiences

Mark:

The target market for E-Z-MRP all seem to have Access.  I've only run into 
one guy who didn't have it.

However, I just got the Action Pack so I can support Access 2003 (while a 
2000 mdb will run under 2003 the mde won't).  I wanted it primarily for the 
Sleep Doctor which has to be a run time.  So now I'm casting about for VSTO 
which I need to make a run time and will get the Sagekey script.

Once that's done, I might make a run-time of E-Z-MRP but it will be a lot 
bigger package to send than the current package of mde, manual and sample 
databases which, zipped, are under 5MB.

Rocky

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Mark Breen" <marklbreen at gmail.com>
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" 
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Tuesday, March 01, 2005 9:09 AM
Subject: [AccessD] Seeking your Access Runtime Experiences


> Hello All,
>
> As you may have seen, I am currently enjoying being up to my elbows in
> Access 97, a database with 1000 linked oracle tables and hundreds of
> forms, reports, queries, pass through queries, dynamically generated
> SQL etc and of course loads of code, no errorhandling and no comments
> and no documentation!
>
> A question arose a few days ago about migrating it to Access 2003 and
> using the Runtime version.
>
> I have gone online and had a quick read of what is required for
> runtime, at its simplest level it seems to be to build a complete GUI,
> which I normally do anyway.
>
> The only thing that I usually depend on is the filter by form etc
> context menu's.
>
> Have you guys any comments to make on using the runtime?  Rocky, why
> did you not use the Runtime for EZ-MRP?  I am guessing that you
> evaluated it and found it troublesome.  Is that the case?
>
> In fact, I get the impression that most of us do not use the runtime,
> the question I am curious about is why?  It is surely handy to lock
> down an app but is it a heavy handed tool?
>
> Thanks all for your advice,
>
> Mark Breen
> Ireland
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