[AccessD] Ethical or not...

?Mark,

Access 2003 runtime is different from previous and newer versions. It is 
called VSTO 2003 (Visual Studio Tools for Office.) It is (was) normally 
purchased by developers and allowed them to ship as many applications as 
desired with that on license. So if you owned it you could send them 5 apps 
with the runtime legally.

So if you can find a legal copy of VSTO 2003 either from MS or perhaps 
someplace else the problem would be solved. One of the nice things about 
run-time is that for the most part you will not have problems with other 
versions of Access being installed, or in fact they do not need any copies 
of Access for your app to run. The same should apply to them if they bought 
it but it might be advantageous to you if they bought it for you, (agreed to 
reimburse )and you take over their app. You could then use it legally for 
other clients.

URL for about VSTO 2003
 http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/access-help/obtain-and-deploy-the-access-2003-runtime-HA001120886.aspxVSTO is part of VS 2010 as well but I do not know if it works with Access2003.Some comments on the WEB re later versions of VSTO and Runtime.HTHBill--------------------------------------------------From: "Mark Simms" <marksimms at verizon.net>Sent: Monday, November 15, 2010 3:02 PMTo: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'"<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>Subject: [AccessD] Ethical or not...after a client meeting today, the issue of AC2003 vs. AC2007 came up.Oh, what a mess: they do want to use built-in Access security to controluser rights to the tables...which of course is not possible in 2007.So if they purchased 5 individual licences of Access 2007 and then "someone"installed the AC2003 runtime on the network to be downloaded by all 5license holders, is that fair to Microsoft ?Isn't it obvious that the AC2007 runtime has little value relative to theAC2003 runtime ?--AccessD mailing listAccessD at databaseadvisors.comhttp://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessdWebsite: http://www.databaseadvisors.com