Access Standalone EXE

[RobHudson]

Hi

Does anybody know that if I shell out for Office Developer Edition when I produce an EXE for an Access DB (2003) if it will show the Access splash screen on start up?

Thanks
Rob

 

[nickspace]

Try putting a bmp with the same name as your file in the folder where you file is kept. Instead of the access splash screen, the bmp will be displayed. This works with mdbs, not sure if it will work with exes.

HTH.

 

[lupins46]

Just to clarify your undestanding, the developer tools do NOT produce a .exe.
You ship your normal mdb file. It is the Access environment that is different in the runtime.

Pete

 

[Stevehewitt]

There is no such edition of office as "Developer". You will need to purchase Visual Studio Tools for Office to use the Access runtime - which allows Access applications to run on PC's without Access installed.

In terms of a splash screen, if my db is called "application.mdb" then create a BMP file called "application.bmp" and keep it in the same folder as the MDB. Should work fine.

If you do purchase Visual Studio Tools then you can create a subkey "StartupScreen" under the \Run Time Options subkey.

Cheers,



Steve.

"They have the internet on computers now!" - Homer Simpson

 

[dixie617]

As of the 2003 version of MS Access there is a new set of Access Developer tools that includes creation of an exe file from a project or database. The Package wizzard allows you set up how you want the application to look when installed on a PC that does not have access. It took me a few times to figure it out, but it works nicely. If you have the developer tools, go to help and look up the process the directions are very helpful. Also in the tools/startup menu you can set the form that you want used at startup.

Hope this helps

Christine

 

[rudraigh]

Ummm, Steve?

You said, "There is no such edition of office as "Developer"."

Are you telling me that the retail version of Office I have that says "Developer Edition" on the front of the case is a Micrsoft typo?

Uttering absolutes, especially if they're wrong, in a public forum is one of the best ways to lose credibility.

 

[Stevehewitt]

Sorry, let me clarify; there is no edition of Office 2003 called "Developer". This has been the case since Visual Studio .net has been released - this is so MS introduced Visual Stuiod Tools for Office.

The reason I said this was because the original post mentioned his DB in Access 2003 format.

Cheers,



Steve.

"They have the internet on computers now!" - Homer Simpson