Just FYI TC,
My old Help EXE screenshots made from Camcorder also work on Windows 2000 (with all updates).
Just tested them with no problems.
So they actually playback with no problems on 98, ME, NT, 2000, and XP.
--
Jeff Conrad
Access Junkie
Bend, Oregon
"TC" wrote in message ...
Thanks for the further info. Jeff. I'll do some reviews over the next 5-7
days & post back here on completion.
Cheers,
TC
(off for the day)
"Jeff Conrad" wrote in message
...
Hi TC,
Thanks for the update!
Given Camcorder's age I'm actually a little surprised to hear you say the
simplicity and usability
is better than some of the other products. I would expect, as you
mentioned, that the other products
would be full of extra 'goodies.'
I would love to hear any reviews you may have on the other products! Feel
free to post back in this
thread or start a new one if you so desire.
I'm not sure if Camcorder requires any particular video codec for
recording/playback. My recording
tests were on 98 and ME machines that had only the basic Windows OS
installed and Office 97. I
cannot remember what the Media Player version was on my test machines. My
tests on playback were on
98, NT, ME, and XP with pretty much all Windows Updates installed. I can
test playback on 2000
tomorrow, but I'm sure it should work just fine.
I specifically remember viewing some pages either on Microsoft's site or
on an XP machine that had
screen-capture recording used. They even talked about the program used.
I've been racking my brain
trying to remember where I saw this, but no luck so far. I'll keep
looking.
--
Jeff Conrad
Access Junkie
Bend, Oregon
"TC" wrote in message
...
Great info.
I've downloaded a half-dozen or so similar products, & am reviewing them
for
my own use. So far, ms camcorder scores very well (against the others)
for
similicity & usability. But some of the others have a humungous # of
features that are probably not in camcorder.
I'll post my reviews of the other products here, in due course, if
anyone is
interested. Is anyone?
Do you know whether ms camcorder relies on any particular video codec
being
present on the recording and/or playback PCs?
Cheers,
TC
"Jeff Conrad" wrote in message
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Hi Brendan,
Curiosity got the best of me so I tried this out some more for fun.
Microsoft Camcorder installs and runs just fine on Windows ME.
The AVI output shows nothing but a blank screen.
However, compressing to an EXE file runs just fine on 98, ME, NT, and
XP.
I'm pretty sure it will run on 2000 as well and I'll test that on
Monday
to be sure.
Just FYI.
--
Jeff Conrad
Access Junkie
Bend, Oregon
"Brendan Reynolds" brenreyn at indigo dot ie wrote in message
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Recording. I don't think it will work with ME, but it's been a
while, I
could be wrong. And no, it was not included with any version later
than
97.
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"Jeff Conrad" wrote in message
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Hi Brendan,
Are you referring to the actual recording process or the 'playing'
process
on later Windows
versions?
I know the utility could not record using an NT machine, but I
could
play
them on one.
I used 98 to record all the Help files.
Since Jan is still using ME, maybe by chance it works with that
OS???
Just a thought.
Do you know if that came bundled with 2000, 2002, or 2003?
--
Jeff Conrad
Access Junkie
Bend, Oregon
*281 Days Left*
"Brendan Reynolds" brenreyn at indigo dot ie wrote in message
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Unfortunately, Camcorder doesn't work with recent versions of
Windows.
Some
problem with a missing video codec, whatever that means.
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"Jeff Conrad" wrote in message
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Hi Jan,
Just a suggestion from left field.
Do you or your office still have a copy of Office 97
Professional
Edition?
On that CD is a program called Microsoft Camcorder.
In essence it is a utility that "records" what you are doing
on
the
screen.
You press start to record and then stop to finish.
You can then compress and covert the .avi output file to an
.exe
file.
The file could still be pretty big if you record for a very
long
time,
but
burning it onto a CD
should be no problem.
You could break up certain aspects of the project into smaller
chunks.
I have a personal restaurant database I have been working on
for a
couple
of years and for Version
1.0 ALL of my Help files were created with this utility. For
example,
to
display posting an invoice
I simply recorded an example. All of the Help topics were
launched
from a
"Help Form." It worked
very well, but became too much maintenance as the project
became
MUCH
bigger.
Since these are .exe files, virtually any computer should be
able
to
open
the files whether or not
they have any Access/Office version. I'm not sure if this
utility
came
bundled with later Office
versions. I know you can also purchase programs like these as
well.
Just a thought.
--
Jeff Conrad
Access Junkie
Bend, Oregon
*281 Days Left*
"Jan Il" wrote in message
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Hi All - Access 2002 XP - Win ME
Is there an Viewer for Access like the one for Word? I need
to
show
a
sample
of an Access app. on a machine that does not have Access
loaded.
If so, I would truly appreciate a reference or a link where
I
can
downloaded
it. I've been searching for one on the Internet for the past
hour or
so,
but, haven't turned up any information for one yet. Just
thought
I'd
see
if
one was available before I went any further. :-)
Best regards.
Jan 
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