Deploying Access Project for workstations without Access

[daem]

I would like to allow users on workstations to read a MS Access project (read only) but without the need for me to purchase the very expensive MS office develop kit.

 

[Miranda]

Hi there,

You can do this by getting hold of the Access Runtime software that you can freely distribute to users who don't have Access. Versions are available for both Access 97 and 2000 and come as a part of the Microsoft Office Developer's toolkit. Users can update and access databases but cannot change the core structure.

Hope this helps.

Regards,

Miranda

 

[dwmatteson]

I haven't had a chance to try any of this out, but I found a download link for the MS Access 2000 Runtime Libraries:

http://home.ccci.org/wolbrink/tntmpd/access2000runtime.htm

Hope it's useful.

Don

 

[Databaseguy]

Couple of other options besides runtime.

1. Write your front end in VB and compile it. Use the ADOC connection object to link to your Access tables

2.You could go browser based using Active Server Pages.

Both will require QUITE a bit of work on your part. Maybe the $ for the Developers Edition ain't that bad...