Penn White
ecritt1 at alltel.net
Sat Apr 8 09:40:34 CDT 2006
I don't know. I started using Access with version 2003 and I've just continued with that. Also, since the Runtime is version 2003, I wasn't sure it would work with earlier versions. Penn ----- Original Message ----- From: <DWUTKA at marlow.com> To: <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 6:01 PM Subject: Re: [AccessD] Run ACC03 Demo from CD? > Sounds about right. Is there a specific reason to stay with the Access > 2003 > format? If you save it as an Access 2000 database, it's backwards > compatible for several versions (until you hit Access 97). > > Drew > > -----Original Message----- > From: Penn White [mailto:ecritt1 at alltel.net] > Sent: Friday, April 07, 2006 4:43 AM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: Re: [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 >> >> -- >> AccessD mailing list >> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com >> -- >> AccessD mailing list >> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com