Access 2003 Service Pack 2 Runtime

[Don]

Hello, I recently fixed an issue with an Access 2003 application by
upgrading to Service Pack 2. I deploy the application by using the runtime.

I don't believe I can install the service pack on the user machines because
they don't have Office 2003 installed just the runtime. Can I simple copy
the new msaccess.exe in the c:\program files\microsoft access runtime
folder?

Don

 

[TC]

Service packs would often update multiple files at the same time. So
there's /no way/ you could assume that the new exe, on its own, would
work correctly with older versions of related files like DLLs. It
*might* work - but you can't be sure of that. It would not be proper
for you to inflict such a risky solution, on your unsuspecting
end-users. Also, I'm not sure that the runtime EULA would allow you to
do this.

IOW - don't do it.

An alternative solution might be to have your db startuip code
determine the user's SP version, and issue a warning if it is not what
you want. Do some googling, there should be some code for that.

 

[david epsom dot com dot au]

I don't believe I can install the service pack on the user machines

I believe you should try that before rejecting the option

(david)

 

[Brendan Reynolds]

I don't have an Access 2003 runtime installation available on which to test
this, but the article at the URL below lists the Access 2003 runtime as one
of the programs to which the service release applies. This is consistent
with earlier versions, where service packs also applied to runtime
installations. In other words, you probably *can* install the service pack
on the users PCs, though it would, as always, be wise to test on a test
system first.

Definitely do *not* copy the exe file without installing the runtime. That's
much more likely to cause problems than to solve them.

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...97-2DB6-4654-9DB6-EC7D5B4DD867&displaylang=en