What is the cost of Access 2003 runtime for a Developers use?

[Gary S]

What is the cost of Access 2003 runtime for a Developers use?

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

To get the Access 2003 runtime, you need to purchase either Visual Studio
2003 Tools for Office or Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office.

See http://office.microsoft.com/en-us/access/HA011208861033.aspx

 

[Klatuu]

Finding it will be a challenge. I did a quick Google and did not find a copy
available. Since 2007 is out, MS no longer offers it. What you need is
called Access 2003 Developer Extensions

As I recall, the original list price was about $700.00 US

 

[Albert D. Kallal]

What is the cost of Access 2003 runtime for a Developers use?

As other several mentioned, I'm not sure if the mail are for sale anymore,
to keep in mind that for access 2007 the developers edition runtime tools
are free.

And keep in mind that an upgrade from access 2003 to 2007 is $109 last time
I looked.

So one possibility is to move to access 2007, the cost of upgrading is going
to be far cheaper than purchasing the runtime system for access 2003 which
was quite expensive.

in 2007, the developer tools in the package wizard and runtime is now a free
download.

 

[Larry Linson]

Unless my memory is faulty, I believe the free Access 2007 runtime will
properly execute an Access 2003 database, so why would the poster need to
spend $109 to upgrade Access 2003 to Access 2007? Most Access users that I
know would gladly pay $109 to _avoid_ using Access 2007.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Office Access MVP

 

[Gary S]

Larry,
What things to you dislike about Access 2007? I haven't
used it much and would like to hear your take on it.

 

[Larry Linson]

What things to you dislike about Access 2007?
I haven't used it much and would like to hear
your take on it.

Because I have no clients who are interested in moving to Access 2007, I,
too, have had little personal experience with it. And, I don't want to
speak for those clients re: specific likes and dislikes.

Larry

 

[Tony Toews [MVP]]

Unless my memory is faulty, I believe the free Access 2007 runtime will
properly execute an Access 2003 database, so why would the poster need to
spend $109 to upgrade Access 2003 to Access 2007?

Well, for one thing the person distributing the app using the A2007
runtime will need a retail copy of A2007.

Tony

 

[David W. Fenton]

Well, for one thing the person distributing the app using the
A2007 runtime will need a retail copy of A2007.

Only if it's an A2007 ACE/MDB.