Does it really cost £620GBP to get Access 2003 runtime?

[David Anderson]

I have been considering an upgrade from Access 2000 to Access 2003, but other
threads on this forum have suggested that to get the 2003 Access Developer
Extensions I have to buy 'Microsoft Visual Studio Tools 2005 for the
Microsoft Office System'. In the UK, this would cost me no less than
£620!!!! (that translates to $1240 US dollars).

I can't remember what I had to pay for the A2000 equivalent, but I don't
think it was nearly as expensive as this. Have I misunderstood the A2003
situation?

When it eventually appears, the A2007 Runtime is apparently going to be
free. Is it the Runtime only that will be free or the full set of Access
Developer Extensions?

David

 

[IrishTyke]

Hi David,

I was wondering about this and perhaps you could help me if you don't mind.

I have written an application in MS.Access 2003 that also links to files
created in MS.Excel & MS.Word. Where possible, I am selling to my customers
but, sadly, the application only runs where the users already has MS.Access,
MS.Excel & MS.Word installed on their local system.

Do I need the 'MS.Access 2003 Runtime' in order to solve this problem and
must I buy 'Microsoft Visual Studio Tools 2005 for the Microsoft Office
System' for this?

Kind regards:
Anthony Judge.

 

[Rick Brandt]

Hi David,

I was wondering about this and perhaps you could help me if you don't
mind.

I have written an application in MS.Access 2003 that also links to
files created in MS.Excel & MS.Word. Where possible, I am selling to
my customers but, sadly, the application only runs where the users
already has MS.Access, MS.Excel & MS.Word installed on their local
system.

Do I need the 'MS.Access 2003 Runtime' in order to solve this problem
and must I buy 'Microsoft Visual Studio Tools 2005 for the Microsoft
Office System' for this?

That would only solve the problem for Access. Users would still need Word and
Excel.

 

[IrishTyke]

Many thanks Rick. The vast majority of my potential customers seem to have
MS.Word & MS.Excel installed. I believe this is from a more basic version of
MS.Office.

However, is there such a thing as 'MS.Office Runtime' that would give me
what I need for all three applications?

Regards:
Anthony Judge
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[IrishTyke]

Many thanks.

No.

 

[Guest]

Have you tried it with the Excel and Word
viewers installed instead of Excel and Word?

 

[IrishTyke]

Hi David,

Thanks for your input.

I hadn't considered that.

Is it possible to download viewers for Word & Excel?

Regards:
Anthony Judge.
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[David Anderson]

My thread seems to have been hijacked! Can anyone answer my original
questions, please?

David

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

Why not download it and see?
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...d9-9dc6-4b38-9fa6-2c745a175aed&DisplayLang=en

--
Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP

(no e-mails, please!)

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...87-8732-48d5-8689-ab826e7b8fdf&DisplayLang=en
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...f4-996c-4569-b547-75edbd03aaf0&DisplayLang=en

 

[David Anderson]

Douglas,
Thanks for highlighting that the A2007 Runtime was released yesterday (I was
not really expecting it that soon). The A2007 Access Developer Extensions
were also released yesterday in a separate free download file, thus answering
one of my questions.

I have not yet had the time to download these files and try them out.
However, I'm guessing that if you have any A2000 or A2003 apps that
successfully run under A2007, you could use the A2007 tools to distribute
them to non-Access users (thus removing any need to ever buy the horribly
expensive 'Microsoft Visual Studio Tools 2005 for the Microsoft Office
System' package for that single purpose).

David

David

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

To be honest, I don't know.

In the past, you've always needed the same version of ADE as the version of
Access under which the application was developed, and I don't know whether
or not that's changed with the new version.

 

[David Anderson]

Douglas,
I can't remember having had any serious problems with an Access app
developed in one version being converted to run under a later version. so I
was assuming one would simply convert the older app to run under A2007, and
then save it in A2007 format. In that case, the A2007 ADE tools should see it
as a fully compatible app for distribution.

David