Re: Developing In XP OE then distributing to 98 OE users

From: Albert D. Kallal (PleaseNOOOsPAMMkallal_at_msn.com)
Date: 08/15/04

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    Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2004 21:45:44 -0600

    "Carol King" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
    news:609b01c48206$cadecbf0$a501280a@phx.gbl...

    > At the advice of a Microsoft technician 4 or 5 years ago,
    > I have continued to develop my Access program on a
    > Windows 98 machine using Access 2000 developer tools.
    > This was so that I wouldn't include anything that my
    > customers (end users) with Windows 98 didn't have.

    Sure, the above makes sense to develop on the same
    platform that you wish to distribute your software.

    > I
    > then move it to an XP machine and convert it from Access
    > 2000 to Access 2002 before packaging and distributing.

    Oh no!, that is a big mistake. The WHOLE IDEA here is
    to ensure that you crated the package on the SAME
    platform. By moving the software to a new platform,
    and THEN creating the final distribution, you have
    lost all value to the advice given to you! (you are
    now creating the FINAL software for distribution
    on a DIFFERENT platform, and this was
    exactly what the advice was telling you to avoid!).

    >
    > I would like to develop on the XP machine instead of the
    > 98 machine, but wonder if anyone has advice about doing
    > that now?

    Well, as mentioned, since you actually were building the
    software on the XP box, then the 98 boxes where
    make completely irrelevant in the process. So, you might
    as well develop on the XP box....since all along you
    have been making your software on the xp box anyway!!

    -
    Albert D. Kallal (Access MVP)
    Edmonton, Alberta Canada
    pleaseNOOSpamKallal@msn.com
    http://www.attcanada.net/~kallal.msn

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