[AccessD] Access 32 vs 64-bit

Charlotte Foust charlotte.foust at gmail.com
Wed May 11 12:03:34 CDT 2011


If you don't use a shortcut and the user double clicks the app, it
will try to open using the installed version of Access, not the
runtime.

Charlotte Foust

On Wed, May 11, 2011 at 9:44 AM, Darrell Burns <dhb at flsi.com> wrote:
> ".do you provide a short cut that runs the Access file under your runtime
> install?"
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> Hey Doug. I didn't explicitly create a shortcut but why would that matter?
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> --DB
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Doug Murphy
> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 9:17 AM
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Access 32 vs 64-bit
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> Darrell,
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> If your providing a runtime why is the app. trying to run from Access 64?
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> Your runtime should run independently of the installed version. When you
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> install the runtime do you provide a short cut that runs the Access file
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> under your runtime install?
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>
> Doug
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> -----Original Message-----
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> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
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> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Darrell Burns
>
> Sent: Wednesday, May 11, 2011 6:03 AM
>
> To: 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'
>
> Subject: [AccessD] Access 32 vs 64-bit
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> Hello. I developed a 32-bit Access 2007 app with VBA code that uses DAO
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> exclusively for data access and has no add-ins. My client has Windows 7
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> 64-bit PCs running Office 2010 64-bit. I delivered the app as a 2007 runtime
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> package and it didn't work at their place.
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> The app runs fine on my WinServer2008 machine with Office 2010 32-bit, but I
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> haven't tested it under Office 2010 64-bit.
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> Since my other clients are still operating in the 32-bit world, I can't
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> abandon the 32-bit version.
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> Is there a way to satisfy both worlds with just one version?
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> Thanx,
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> DB
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