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Access 2003
Can an application developed in Access 2003 be down sized
to 2000 so that it can be installed on Windows 98? Office XP can be installed and ran on Windows 98, but it looks like Access 2003 can't. (Why am I surprised) RK |
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Access 2003 uses either the Access 2000 file format (default) or the Access
2002 file format. Either way, it should run without a problem on Office XP. -- Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia. Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org. "RK" wrote in message ... Can an application developed in Access 2003 be down sized to 2000 so that it can be installed on Windows 98? Office XP can be installed and ran on Windows 98, but it looks like Access 2003 can't. (Why am I surprised) RK |
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Well them I am confused (maybe)
Access 2003 will only install on 2000, XP. So, does that mean that the developer edition for 2003 will only create installations for 2000 and XP? I want to protect my time invested in the program I wrote and don't want to take a chance of using Access 2003 if I can't install the runtime on Win98 machines. Thanks for your reply RK -----Original Message----- Access 2003 uses either the Access 2000 file format (default) or the Access 2002 file format. Either way, it should run without a problem on Office XP. -- Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia. Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org. "RK" wrote in message ... Can an application developed in Access 2003 be down sized to 2000 so that it can be installed on Windows 98? Office XP can be installed and ran on Windows 98, but it looks like Access 2003 can't. (Why am I surprised) RK . |
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Access 2003
The Developer edition for A2003 is called
Visual Studio Tools for Office 2003 Details at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/und...o/default.aspx I am not using that product because of its requirements. To talk to those who are, try the newsgroup: microsoft.public.access.developers.toolkitode I did run into problems with compiling an MDE under A2003, and then creating a runtime installation with the A2002 developer edition. It created the package, and completed the installation, but the application would not run. The error message indicated that the VBA was corrupt, which A2002's way of saying that it could not run the code complied under A2003. -- Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia. Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org. "RK" wrote in message ... Well them I am confused (maybe) Access 2003 will only install on 2000, XP. So, does that mean that the developer edition for 2003 will only create installations for 2000 and XP? I want to protect my time invested in the program I wrote and don't want to take a chance of using Access 2003 if I can't install the runtime on Win98 machines. Thanks for your reply RK -----Original Message----- Access 2003 uses either the Access 2000 file format (default) or the Access 2002 file format. Either way, it should run without a problem on Office XP. "RK" wrote in message ... Can an application developed in Access 2003 be down sized to 2000 so that it can be installed on Windows 98? Office XP can be installed and ran on Windows 98, but it looks like Access 2003 can't. (Why am I surprised) |
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Thank you for your input.
RK -----Original Message----- The Developer edition for A2003 is called Visual Studio Tools for Office 2003 Details at: http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/und...ng/vsto/defaul t.aspx I am not using that product because of its requirements. To talk to those who are, try the newsgroup: microsoft.public.access.developers.toolkitode I did run into problems with compiling an MDE under A2003, and then creating a runtime installation with the A2002 developer edition. It created the package, and completed the installation, but the application would not run. The error message indicated that the VBA was corrupt, which A2002's way of saying that it could not run the code complied under A2003. -- Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia. Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org. "RK" wrote in message ... Well them I am confused (maybe) Access 2003 will only install on 2000, XP. So, does that mean that the developer edition for 2003 will only create installations for 2000 and XP? I want to protect my time invested in the program I wrote and don't want to take a chance of using Access 2003 if I can't install the runtime on Win98 machines. Thanks for your reply RK -----Original Message----- Access 2003 uses either the Access 2000 file format (default) or the Access 2002 file format. Either way, it should run without a problem on Office XP. "RK" wrote in message ... Can an application developed in Access 2003 be down sized to 2000 so that it can be installed on Windows 98? Office XP can be installed and ran on Windows 98, but it looks like Access 2003 can't. (Why am I surprised) . |
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"RK" wrote:
Well them I am confused (maybe) Access 2003 will only install on 2000, XP. So, does that mean that the developer edition for 2003 will only create installations for 2000 and XP? Correct. To be more specific Win 2000 SP3. I want to protect my time invested in the program I wrote and don't want to take a chance of using Access 2003 if I can't install the runtime on Win98 machines. Then you need to be creating your runtimes using A2000 or A2002. Tony -- Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP Please respond only in the newsgroups so that others can read the entire thread of messages. Microsoft Access Links, Hints, Tips & Accounting Systems at http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm |
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"RK" wrote:
Office XP can be installed and ran on Windows 98, but it looks like Access 2003 can't. (Why am I surprised) I vaguely recall the reason was that MS wants to ensure A2003 is a more secure product and that various secure OS components can only be found on Win 2000 SP3, Win XP and newer. And not on Win NT 4.0 or Win 95, 98 or ME. Tony -- Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP Please respond only in the newsgroups so that others can read the entire thread of messages. Microsoft Access Links, Hints, Tips & Accounting Systems at http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm |
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Access 2003
You can still use Access 2003 for development. I've been using it since the
Beta, but all my runtimes are Access 2000 runtimes (still have a few Windows 95 users out there, believe it or not). I do the development in Access 2003, avoiding any new features that were not supported in Access 2000. Then I do final testing, create the MDE, and create the runtime package in Access 2000. I need to use an earlier version of Windows to create the runtime anyway, so it's no great hardship to use an earlier version of Access as well. In fact, I use two earlier versions of Windows. In my experience, an Access 2000 runtime created under the original release of Windows 98 - not Second Edition - will work with all later versions of Wndows except ME. The only way I can get a runtime to install under ME is to create it in ME. So I use Virtual PC to maintain virtual Windows 98 and Windows ME PCs, each with Access 2000 installed. Hopefully, this should be the last year I have to use Access 2000 for runtimes. Next year I hope to be able to move to Access 2002. But I haven't even begun to consider deploying Access 2003 runtimes yet. Life is much simpler when you don't have to deploy the runtime. Just use the Access 2000 file format, avoid features that were not supported in Access 2000, avoid exotic references and OCXs, and most of the time the MDB will run happily under retail Access 2000, 2002, or 2003. -- Brendan Reynolds (MVP) http://brenreyn.blogspot.com The spammers and script-kiddies have succeeded in making it impossible for me to use a real e-mail address in public newsgroups. E-mail replies to this post will be deleted without being read. Any e-mail claiming to be from brenreyn at indigo dot ie that is not digitally signed by me with a GlobalSign digital certificate is a forgery and should be deleted without being read. Follow-up questions should in general be posted to the newsgroup, but if you have a good reason to send me e-mail, you'll find a useable e-mail address at the URL above. "RK" wrote in message ... Well them I am confused (maybe) Access 2003 will only install on 2000, XP. So, does that mean that the developer edition for 2003 will only create installations for 2000 and XP? I want to protect my time invested in the program I wrote and don't want to take a chance of using Access 2003 if I can't install the runtime on Win98 machines. Thanks for your reply RK -----Original Message----- Access 2003 uses either the Access 2000 file format (default) or the Access 2002 file format. Either way, it should run without a problem on Office XP. -- Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia. Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org. "RK" wrote in message ... Can an application developed in Access 2003 be down sized to 2000 so that it can be installed on Windows 98? Office XP can be installed and ran on Windows 98, but it looks like Access 2003 can't. (Why am I surprised) RK . |
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Access 2003
Does it mean, if previously i using Access 2000 to develop my database;
and i still can install/upgrade to Access 2003 with not issue to continue my development ? "Allen Browne" wrote in message ... Access 2003 uses either the Access 2000 file format (default) or the Access 2002 file format. Either way, it should run without a problem on Office XP. -- Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia. Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org. "RK" wrote in message ... Can an application developed in Access 2003 be down sized to 2000 so that it can be installed on Windows 98? Office XP can be installed and ran on Windows 98, but it looks like Access 2003 can't. (Why am I surprised) RK |
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Access 2003
Yes, that will be fine.
You will have to work around the nonsensical security "features" in A2003 and make sure it does not turn on "sandbox" mode, and then your A2000 will work. -- Allen Browne - Microsoft MVP. Perth, Western Australia. Tips for Access users - http://allenbrowne.com/tips.html Reply to group, rather than allenbrowne at mvps dot org. "Chew" wrote in message ... Does it mean, if previously i using Access 2000 to develop my database; and i still can install/upgrade to Access 2003 with not issue to continue my development ? |
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