Re: Access 2003 Runtime questions

You asked a lot, and I can help you a little. All answers are on a 'as
far as I know' basis. See below

On 10 Jul, 21:09, salad <o...@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Background: My client is currently running an A97 application. On
several of his machines he has A2000 as well.

He is wanting to buy some new computers and he thinks its time to
upgrade the A97 system to a more recent version. I agree.

I work from home and provide my updates to him via the internet using
GoToMyPC.

In order to provide the app without requiring him to buy a whole slew of
Office 2003 for all of the office PCs, I want to provide him with a
runtime of the app.

Q1) As near as I can determine, I need Microsoft® Visual Studio® Tools
for Office 2005. If I am reading the info correctly, I need either the
Full version (U74-00171) or the Upgrade version is (U74-00180). Is that
correct and do I have the correct model numbers?

I have U74-00171, so you are correct there

Q1a) I notice there is a VSTO SE (second edition). Is that the newest
and greatest? Is that what I should be using that instead once I get
the VSTO?

Q2) I have A2003 Professional. The difference in price between the two
packages is about $200US. I can't determine what the requirements are
for the upgrade. Can you tell me if owning OfficePro2003 is sufficient
to qualify for the Upgrade version?

Q3) Do I need to install .Net Framework 2.0 in order to create runtimes?

Don't think so, the Package Wizard, which is the program that actually
builds the runtime, is an Access program

Q4) Do the clients require .Net Framework 2.0 in order to open the runtime?

No. The runtime is a version of Access with certain bits not
available. Try running the full version but with /runtime in the
shortcut and you'll see exactly what it's like

Q5) I've never made a runtime. Once the VSTO is installed, what is the
learning curve on creating a runtime? How many hours (guess-timate,
ball park figure) of study does it take before one can get a runtime
installed and running an app?

Tricky - I spent a couple of hours figuring out what I'd bought and
what to do with it, by reading the help files - after which the first
run time version took 10 minutes to create. I must warn you that I
didn't find it clear about what to install and what to do with it.
From what I can remember the actual Package Wizard is on the Office
2003 Pro CD

Q6) I work at home, pass the update to the customer via the internet.
Would you recommend that my client also have at least 1 version of
Access professional at his site?

Yes

If I understand runtimes correctly, I
can provide the users with the Access runtime. Then provide them with 1
or many apps. It, the runtime, simply opens the MDB of their choice.
Is that correct?

Pretty much

If so, and they have 1 copy of Access 2003, I can do my updates at home,
update their front end with my changes and recompile/makeMDE at their
end, and that should work. Is that correct? I hope so, because passing
and entire front end over the internet, even with DSL, would be slightly
time consuming.

Yes, just think of it as a cut down version of Access, once they have
run time installed on a machine they can run any mdb or mde

Q7) If they have A97 or A2000 on their machines, I can still run code
with the A2003 runtime that does automation tasks with earlier versions
of Outlook, Word, and Excel. Is that correct?

Q8) Are there things the end-users will require to run the A2003
runtime? Such as Jet4 or certain service packs?

The installer created by the Package Wizard contains everything it
needs

I basically want to make sure I purchase the right version. As far as
the guestimate in time question goes, I don't want them to get the PCs
and be sitting their tapping their toes and drumming their fingers
staring at the screen as I figure out how to create a runtime. I'd like
this transition to go as smooth as possible.

Thanks for any info you can provide.

Dave

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