Access2007 package solution wizard questions

[Mark Andrews]

A few questions about the package solution wizard in Access2007:

1. Can I register an OCX file?

2. Can it build an uninstall option?

3. I will be using a ribbon (which requires a reference to "microsoft Office
12.0 Object Library"), is this DLL file installed if the runtime is used?

4. Any links to good articles that I could read how to do items 1 thru 3, or
other tips?

Thanks in advance,
Mark

 

[Albert D. Kallal]

A few questions about the package solution wizard in Access2007:

1. Can I register an OCX file?

No it cannot. I would suggest that you shell out and register it yourself,
or better yet use an free installer like Inno to install your application.

2. Can it build an uninstall option?

The un-install option will appear for your packaged application in the
standard add/remove in the control panel. However if you package the runtime
+ your application together it will ask for the original cd and that is a
pain.
I strongly suggest that you separate the runtime install from your
application
install.

3. I will be using a ribbon (which requires a reference to "microsoft
Office 12.0 Object Library"), is this DLL file installed if the runtime is
used?

The above is not a problem. I was not 100% sure you have to set that
reference, but regardless, this should not be a problem nor should you
suffer
any/support issues by including that references. (I have to check,
but I think only in the cases where you are using callbacks do you need the
reference -- I don't recall having to set it for my ribbon examples).

4. Any links to good articles that I could read how to do items 1 thru 3,
or other tips?

I have a article on upgrading your access 2007 applications here:

Deploying updates to your software in a Runtime environment for Access 2007
By Albert D. Kallal
Friday, December 26,2008
http://www.members.shaw.ca/AlbertKallal/RunTime/Index.html

The above article also has an sample Inno install and links to the Inno
site...