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Date: Sun, 7 Mar 2004 16:10:00 -0500

You may be thinking of the Developer edition that allows you to package your
application (as either an MDB or MDE) together with a royalty-free run-time
version of Access. Any users who didn't have Access already installed would
be able to install the run-time version, and then could use your
application. Your application wasn't changed in any way, shape or form,
though.

    You're probably right......like I said...been many years since I saw one
of these "developer's editions".

    Thanks for chiming in.

-- 
Frank Bachman
(Grumpy Aero Guy)
"Douglas J. Steele" <NOSPAM_djsteele@NOSPAM_canada.com> wrote in message
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> Afraid your memory is a bit faulty.
>
> There never was a product that could convert an MDB into an EXE. It really
> isn't possible (nor would you really want to, since you would end up with
a
> self-modifying executable, since every time you stored data, you would be
> changing the file, and the virus scanners would go crazy!)
>
> You may be thinking of the Developer edition that allows you to package
your
> application (as either an MDB or MDE) together with a royalty-free
run-time
> version of Access. Any users who didn't have Access already installed
would
> be able to install the run-time version, and then could use your
> application. Your application wasn't changed in any way, shape or form,
> though.
>
> It's gone through a few name changes over the years. With Access 2.0, you
> needed the Access Developer's Toolkit (ADT) to get this. With Access 95, I
> believe it was called the Access Developer's Kit (ADK). With Access 97, it
> was bundled as part of the Office 97 Developer Edition (ODE) (which also
> included a complete version of Office 97 Professional). With Office 2000,
it
> was part of the Microsoft Office 2000 Developer edition (MOD), or you
could
> purchase simply the Developer extensions if you already had Microsoft
Office
> 2000 Professional. With Office XP, it was part of Microsoft Office XP
> Developer edition (MOD).
>
> With Office 2003, you need to purchase the following in order to create an
> Access 2003 runtime application:
>
> - Microsoft Access 2003
> - Visual Studio Tools for Office 2003 (which includes the Access 2003
> Developer Extensions)
>
> The ADE is the product that gives you the license to deploy the 2003
runtime
> components and you have to have Access 2003 installed in order to install
> the ADE.
>
> 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
> see their old versions (Note, though, that products purchased this way
> aren't always legal...)
>
> Finally, under some circumstances Microsoft will downgrade your current
> version to a previous version. There are some details about this at
> http://www.microsoft.com/PERMISSION/copyrgt/cop-soft.htm#DOWNGRADE
>
>
>
> -- 
> Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP
> http://I.Am/DougSteele
> (No private e-mails, please)
>
>
>
> "Grumpy Aero Guy" <fbachman@beer_me.com> wrote in message
> news:uXNred$AEHA.2480@TK2MSFTNGP11.phx.gbl...
> > ...used to be that you could buy the access developer's kit that did
> > precisely that....
> >
> > turn .mdb into .exe  (maybe I'm showing my age here... maybe it's no
> longer
> > offered as a product....don't know)
> >
> >
> > Ever thought about distributing your app as an .mde?
> >
> > Only thing, end user needs access installed to run it...
> >
> > HOPE this helps
> >
> > Maybe one of the MVP can chime in and give you the whole scoop!
> >
> > -- 
> >
> >
> > Frank Bachman
> > (Grumpy Aero Guy)
> >
> >
> > "xiluan" <xiluan@rogers.com> wrote in message
> > news:83c601c403e9$186bfc90$a001280a@phx.gbl...
> > > When I distribute my application to production environment,
> > > is it possible to create a exe file from my application
> > > instead of using .mdb file.
> >
> >
>
>

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