Re: App for Windows 98?
- From: "Douglas J Steele" <NOSPAM_djsteele@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 4 May 2006 09:38:26 -0400
Realistically, there was no Access XP. There was Office XP, which contained
Access 2002, Excel 2002, PowerPoint 2002, Word 2002 and so on. (picky, I
know...)
There's definitely no such thing as Access 2002 Developer's Edition: the
only thing there was was Office XP Developer. In fact, I don't believe you
can get just the Developer Edition for Office XP, like you could for Office
2000. I believe Office XP Developer will be a complete copy of Office XP
Professional, plus the Office XP Developer Edition (which implies a higher
cost)
Tony Toews has an overview of all this stuff at
http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/developereditionversions.htm
--
Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP
http://I.Am/DougSteele
(no e-mails, please!)
"J Holtendehouzer" <joedvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Just to be clear, though, what I'm looking for is the Office 2002 (whichis
the same as XP, correct?) Developer Edition. Is there a separate Accessway
2002 Developer's Edition, or does it only come as the suite?
I thank you again for your help,
Joe
"Douglas J. Steele" <NOSPAM_djsteele@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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Office 2003 developers extensions do not include the 2002 runtime and,
unfortunately, Microsoft no longer sells previous versions of Access.
One possibility is to check out sites that specialize in old software
products, such as http://www.emsps.com/oldtools/ or
http://recycledsoftware.com/
Another is to look at someplace like eBay to see whether anyone's trying
to sell their old versions (Note, though, that products purchased this
I'maren't always legal...)
--
Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP
http://I.Am/DougSteele
(no private e-mails, please)
"J Holtendehouzer" <joedvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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OK-That's reasonable. I didn't realize a2002 would run on Win98SE.
databasecurrently running a2003; I assume that just converting the database
itself to a2002 won't change the runtime that gets packaged with it.
I still have my old copy of Office XP, but I don't have any developer
extensions or toolkits. If office 2003 developers extensions doesn't
include the 2002 runtime, any idea where I could get it?
You've been very helpful--thanks!
Joe
"Albert D.Kallal" <PleaseNOOOsPAMmkallal@xxxxxxx> wrote in message
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"J Holtendehouzer" <joedvm@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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I'm a relatively new developer, and I've written a neat little
versionin
Access 2003. I'm starting to distribute it now, and it works great
with
Windows XP, but I'm getting requests to produce a version that will
work
on Windows 98.
If I could track down a copy of Access 2000 with the developer's
extensions/toolkit, would I be able to create a distributable package
that
would work on the earlier platform?
Yes, but why not use office xp (access 2002). That was the last
mdbthat
worked on windows 98..
I know I'd have to make some code modifications to make sure my db
would
function in the earlier Access version, but other than that, would it
work?
Yes, for the most part it should work. You would simply convert the
a2000 --to
a2000 format (note that the default format for a2003 is in fact
caseyou
might be already using a2000 format. However, if you created a a2003
mde..then you had to have changed your format to 2002/2003 format
anyway.)
If not, any other suggestions? I've already looked at SageKey
Sagekey does not provide the runtime, so, they are no help in this
nothing(note sure why you brought them up). You certainly could switch to
a2002, and
thus your runtime would work with win98 to the current system.
You can use sagekey to build a install here...but sagkey changes
havein
terms of what version of windows you can install on. Sagkey only
provides
the install scripts, you still have to have purchased the appropriate
runtime
and ms-access developers tools. So, sagekey only provides a install
script,
(and, optionally will sell a installer). However, in all cases, you
andto provide/own the runtimes. You can also use the windows installer,
youthus save the cost of purchasing a installer such as InstallSheild or
Wise.
Last time I looked, a2003 scripts were a very reasonable $500
Anyway, a2002 does run on all win98SE to present. I don't think a2002
works on
windows 95 however (can't remember). So, do you need windows 95 also?
That issue would force
you back to a2000 in place of a2002 as a better choice. In fact, if
thenneed
win95, then why not choose access97, as it is a MUCH better choice
ita2000. The runtime for a2000 was 150 megs in size, and for access97,
was
about 13 megs in size. And, for a2003, it is about 33 megs.
So, I would go all the way back to a97 if I was looking to support
win95,
and win98. If you can live with win98SE, then I would perhaps choose
a2002,
as this will install on all versions from win98SE to present versions.
--
Albert D. Kallal (Access MVP)
Edmonton, Alberta Canada
pleaseNOOSpamKallal@xxxxxxx
http://www.members.shaw.ca/AlbertKallal
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