Will Access 2003 allow database to run on PC w/o Access?

[Mel]

Can I create a data base in Access 2003 and put it on PC's that do not
have Access installed?

It seems you once had to buy the developers edition of Access to do
this... but I thought I heard that Access 2003 allowed creation and
distribution of "stand alone" data bases.

Thanks for any help.

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

Sorry, you heard wrong.

No version of Access has ever been able to create stand alone databases.

For more information, check what Tony Toews has at
http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/developereditionfaq.htm

 

[Tony Toews [MVP]]

Can I create a data base in Access 2003 and put it on PC's that do not
have Access installed?

It seems you once had to buy the developers edition of Access to do
this... but I thought I heard that Access 2003 allowed creation and
distribution of "stand alone" data bases.

A2003 and older you had to purchase the runtime. A2007 you can
download the free runtime.

Tony
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