Re: Convert mde/mdb to exe

No, not sure you can do this. The simplest way could be to make 2 application versions - for access 97 and for 2000/xp/2003, I do the same with several apps, and it works great. I make changes in 97 and then convert it to 2000 version.

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Alex Dybenko (MVP)
http://alexdyb.blogspot.com
http://www.PointLtd.com

"Chris Wainwright" <ChrisWainwright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:DDB4AF82-C26D-4B91-B66E-A1CC467FCE8A@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi Alex - thanks for the prompt reply. The "real world" problem is that I
have users running 97, 2000, Xp and 2003 so I dont want to distribute the app
with runtime as this might stuff up their installs and will not win me any
friends. Is it possible to port the front end into Visual Studio in any way?
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New Zealand


"Alex Dybenko" wrote:

Hi,
there is no conversion to EXE, what you can do - is to create a setup with
Access runtime and install it together with your app.

For Access 2003 you have to purchase Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft
Office System, I think you can find info on it here:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/office/default.aspx


Also you can look at www.sagekey.com, they offer very good solution to
create application setup with runtime

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Best regards,
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Alex Dybenko (MVP)
http://alexdyb.blogspot.com
http://www.PointLtd.com

"Chris Wainwright" <ChrisWainwright@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
message news:5EEBF1F9-24C6-4C52-BF67-0E123734C529@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Is there any way this can be done? Have a reliable front-end/back-end
> setup
> and all I want to do is create an exe from the front end so that the
> problems
> of multiple platforms (Ac97, Ac2K, AcXP, Ac2K3) can be avoided. Having
> used
> google and searched ms i tried to get hold of Office 2003 Developers > but
> is
> not available from microsoft any more - was redirected to Visual Studio
> 2005
> which i duly (2.3Gb!!!) downloaded but still no further.
>
> Help!
> -- > New Zealand



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