[AccessD] Access 2007 run time on same machine with 2003

Thanks Doug.  That's why I'm a big fan of obsolete technology.  It works.  

The client and I are trying to decide whether to standardize on A2007 for
the development of his product.  There are some distinct advantages.  Or
standardize on something earlier - right now it's compatible with A2000.
Not sure we need to go back that far however.

The target market for this product is *likely* to have Office Pro but not
for certain.  So we're considering a run-time version as well.

However, since the product t will be selling for 5 figures, it might be
reasonable to require the end user to have Access - some version of it.

Opinions, anyone?

TIA

Rocky





 	
	

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Doug Murphy
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 5:15 PM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access 2007 run time on same machine with 2003

My concern when distributing a product to customers with unknown computer
configurations, software installations, Office versions, etc is that I won't
screw up their systems.  I have a test set up with different versions of
windows and different installations of Office that I run our installations
through to try and insure we don't have any conflicts or worse yet creat a
problem for the client.  This is also why we spent the $ to buy the Sagekey
scripts and then update them when MS came out with Vista and Office 2007.

I think you were attending the Users group when one of the members created
an install that overwrote some main windows dlls mistakenly.  Made the
package available for download and screwed up a bunch of computers.  Cost
him lots of $.

My response was to your statement that you might dodge the bullet.  I am
pretty conservative when distributing applications.

Doug

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin at
Beach Access Software
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 4:56 PM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access 2007 run time on same machine with 2003

"a lot of testing before installing 2007 on a bunch"

Do you mean installing 2007 runtimes?

Rocky
 




 	
	

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Doug Murphy
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 3:41 PM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access 2007 run time on same machine with 2003

Rocky,

This is an excerpt from the alert that Sagekey sent out. 
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In January 2007 Microsoft released Vista and Access 2007. Both products are
significantly different from Microsoft's previously released versions and
this is going to affect how successful your current Access Runtime
installations are with these products. 

How much Vista will affect your Access Runtime installation will depend upon
the complexity of your application. Access 2007 on the other hand won't
co-exist well with previous runtimes, triggering an MSI repair that can take
up to 5 minutes to complete, followed by a forced reboot. 
------------------------------------

It indicates that there are issues with older runtimes and 2007 so I
wouldn't be surprised if the 2007 runtime didn't interact with older
versions.  I'd do some research on what to expect, or a lot of testing
before installing 2007 on a bunch of customers computers.

Doug

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin at
Beach Access Software
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 1:40 PM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access 2007 run time on same machine with 2003

Well, maybe I'll dodge that bullet.  Because the client wants to send an
A2007 run-time and is worried about users who have A2003 installed and
installing the A2007 run-time might hose their 2003 apps.

Rocky
 




 	
	

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Doug Murphy
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 12:11 PM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access 2007 run time on same machine with 2003

There are some issues as I recollect.  I know we had to purchase a modified
Access 2002 runtime install script to make our runtime coexist with Access
2007. Take a look at the Sagekey software knowledge base.

Doug 

-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Rocky Smolin at
Beach Access Software
Sent: Thursday, August 09, 2007 10:46 AM
To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
Subject: [AccessD] Access 2007 run time on same machine with 2003

 
Dear List:
 
Does anyone know of any problems running an A2K7 run-time on the same
machine where A2K3 is installed?
 
MTIA
 
Rocky