JWColby
jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Mon Jan 29 10:30:06 CST 2007
I often use late binding with a local #ifdef to set so that I can get early binding for development. That does indeed solve the runtime errors if the wrong version is available. John W. Colby Colby Consulting www.ColbyConsulting.com -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of John Bartow Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 11:12 AM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] Runtimes - Preferably AccessXP but2003ifabsolutelyrequired That is doable. After the installation file is run on each machine then the FE can be replaced whenever needed. This can be done via pretty much any method. I send out updates - usually zipped but sometimes installation routines that are pretty much just an automated unzip. you could have an automated routine that checks for a new version on the server and downloads it before starting the app. (That's where I'm headed.) As to the Word mail merge I would suggest late binding rather than referencing so that the version of Word doesn't matter. I use it for mail merges and the speed isn't an issue. -----Original Message----- From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of JWColby Sent: Monday, January 29, 2007 9:37 AM To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' Subject: Re: [AccessD] Runtimes - Preferably AccessXP but 2003ifabsolutelyrequired Thanks John. I have a "best offer" out on Ebay for an OfficeXP developers edition. If I get it I will worry about the rest. One issue with this application is that it is pretty much constantly under development. So I need to install a runtime, but then do the "download the FE from the server every morning" routine. The biggest issue I see is that the application does word automation for mail merge so I guess that some fixed version of word has to be installed on each user machine so that I can reference and manipulate that. John W. Colby Colby Consulting www.ColbyConsulting.com -- AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com