[AccessD] Run ACC03 Demo from CD?

Drew & Charlotte,

Thank you for your replies.  I was thinking that was probably the case but 
didn't have all the details.

Just to clarify, Drew, these are the steps as I understand them from your 
post:

1. Package Wizard the runtime without any files and put Setup.exe and \files 
folder (but not the autorun.inf) on a CD (maybe in a \Setup folder?).
2. On the same CD, put the frontend *.mde and the backend *.mdb.
3. Send the CD to the potential client with instructions that
    a. if they have ACC03 installed to just double clicck on the *.mde file 
(the frontend) on the CD.
    b. if they don't have ACC03 (or maybe ACC03 runtime for some other 
reason), then they should double click on Setup.exe on the CD and after the 
setup wizard completes, double clcik on the *.mde file.

Note: My frontend automatically looks for the backend and if it can't find 
it, it prompts the user to locate it and then relinks.  It actually writes a 
registry entry itself for the path to the backend as a default for the next 
time when I send an updated front end.

Will that work or should I put the frontend and backend together for the 
demo, do you think?

What happens if they have an earlier version of Access on their machine and 
they run the Setup.exe from my demo CD?  Does it get overwritten by the 03 
Runtime or do they co-exist peacefully and happily?

Penn

----- Original Message ----- 
From: <DWUTKA at marlow.com>
To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 7:26 PM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Run ACC03 Demo from CD?


> An installation goes to the OS, and whatever drive it's on.  If you
> installed software to a CD, the OS would have to read .dll's from that CD,
> which would be pretty slow.  And, that CD wouldn't 'work' on another
> machine, because that machine's registry wouldn't have the proper 
> settings.
> (When you install software, only certain things go where you say you want 
> it
> installed.  A lot of things are done in the registry and go automatically
> into the Windows/winnt and system32 folder).
>
> Your best option would be to put the application on CD, along with the
> runtime installation.  If the people you are demoing it too have Access
> 2003, then they can just run your demo database.  If they don't have 
> Access,
> then they install the runtime first, then run your demo.
>
> Drew
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Penn White [mailto:ecritt1 at alltel.net]
> Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 6:10 PM
> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> Subject: [AccessD] Run ACC03 Demo from CD?
>
> Does anyone know of a way to put the Access 2003 Runtime on a CD so that a
> demo of an Access 2003 application can be put on the CD and run from the 
> CD
> without installing anything on the user's computer?
>
> The Package Wizard only seems to be able to install the Runtime to the C:\
> drive.
>
> And then what happens if the user already has a version of Access on their
> computer or even Access 2003?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Penn
>
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