Access licensing requirements

[karen via AccessMonster.com]

I am working on a new access application that uses access as database. It
will be a multiuser app (12 users). I thought I'd keep the data mdb in a
windows share directory and the forms/reports, etc in a separate mdb either
on each local machine or also on the server with the data. My questions
are as follows:
1. How does the licensing of access work? Can we get a multiuser license
or do I have to purchase a runtime version for each user? How much does
the runtime version cost per user?

2. Does access have a way of pushing the application rollout or subsequent
code updates to the local machines? We really don't want to be manually
installing on each machine.

I appreciate any advice.

Thanks!

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

You need to purchase the following in order to create an Access 2003 runtime
application:

- Microsoft Access 2003
- Visual Studio Tools for Office 2003 (which includes the Access 2003
Developer Extensions)

You have to have Access 2003 installed in order to install the ADE, but that
gives you an unlimited license to deploy the 2003 runtime components to as
many users as you want.

If you're using MSDN, note that while VSTO is available in all subscription
levels of MSDN, the Access Developer Extensions are not included with all
versions. ADE is only available at Universal level.

The stand-alone VSTO box includes both VSTO and the ADE.

See http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/office/officetools.aspx for more
details

As to the update problem, check the free Auto FE Updater Tony Toews has at
http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/autofe.htm

 

[karen scheu via AccessMonster.com]

Thanks for the info. I am pretty new to this stuff. I appologize for
that. Can you tell me how I can tell if I have the access developer tools
installed? I have Access 2003 installed and I do have a folder for
Microsoft Visual Studio.

Thanks.