Updates Required after Installing Access 2003 runtime

[lamar9696]

I've completed a program that I plan on selling to companies in a specific
industry. The front-end is a mde file and the backend is a mdb file. With
the Packaging Wizard, I've included access runtime. After installing the
application and then starting it, it gave me several security messages.
Although the system I built the install application on was completely current
with all updates, apparently the runtime version on my clean client did not
include any of the updates already applied. After running Office Update, I
had to install Office 2003 Service Pack 1 and Update for Office 2003 KB885828
to get the runtime version up to date. I don't want my clients to be
required to apply these updates after installing my application.

Is there a more current Access runtime version or some other way to resolve
the issue without requiring my clients to apply the updates, perhaps in a
before-distribution update?

 

[Larry Daugherty]

Move your development to a "clean" system that doesn't have all the
updates you don't want to require your customers to have. Then test
it on your up-to-date system to see that nothing breaks. If nothing
did break then you're good to go.

Otherwise, the more Microsoftie approach is to warn your users that it
is not guaranteed to run on systems not up to OS service pak N.N and
Office/Access service pak N.N.

HTH

 

[yc2233668]

I've completed a program that I plan on selling to companies in a specific
industry. The front-end is a mde file and the backend is a mdb file. With
the Packaging Wizard, I've included access runtime. After installing the
application and then starting it, it gave me several security messages.
Although the system I built the install application on was completely current
with all updates, apparently the runtime version on my clean client did not
include any of the updates already applied. After running Office Update, I
had to install Office 2003 Service Pack 1 and Update for Office 2003 KB885828
to get the runtime version up to date. I don't want my clients to be
required to apply these updates after installing my application.

Is there a more current Access runtime version or some other way to resolve
the issue without requiring my clients to apply the updates, perhaps in a
before-distribution update?

 

[lamar9696]

Hi Larry. Thanks for your help. What I thought were messages due to the
updates not being applied were actually the Sandbox security messages. After
selecting Yes, I didn't see the messages any more. As for the updates, I
will either package them with the installation or have instructions for
performing an Office Update through Microsoft's site. Thanks again.
Lamar