Creating a version using Access runtime

#1 (**permalink**) 28-Jul-2006, 08:20 AM

I have a proplem free application and want to create a version that does not
require user to have Office. I have the Microsoft Developer Extensions
package for this purpose and have used it successfully in the past. The
current problem occures when using the Custom Start up part. I get as far as
setting all the startup properties, click finish and then the behavior gets
weird. Where it usually creates the .MDE version and asks me if I want to
open it or not and then tells me to close Access. Where I then run the
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package wizard in preperation to creating the final CD with auto run to
install the app. What happens is it tells me it is creating thr .MDE version
and just hangs there. I have checked all the compatability issues where asked
and everything is fine, so I go on with the program and like I said, it just
hangs. Anyone else have this problem and any possible solutions to it? Much
Thanks,
Bart

#2 (**permalink**) 28-Jul-2006, 08:20 AM

To create a shortcut to start your application with the /runtime option

Create a shortcut to start Microsoft Access.
Right-click the shortcut, click Properties, and then click the Shortcut tab.
In the Target box, following the path to MSAccess.exe, type the path to the
database you want to open, and then type /runtime. If the path contains
spaces, enclose it in quotation marks.
For example, the following command line starts Microsoft Access and then
opens the Developer Applications sample application in run-time mode.

"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\MSAccess.exe" "C:\Program
Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Samples\Solutions.mdb" /runtime
Note If you are working on a network that supports universal naming
convention (UNC) paths (\\ServerName\SharedFolder), you can specify the
location of the database without specifying a mapped drive letter. For
example, you can copy your database to a shared network folder and define the
shortcut's command line to open the database from that location by using the
UNC path.

"DaBartman" wrote:

> I have a proplem free application and want to create a version that does not
> require user to have Office. I have the Microsoft Developer Extensions
> package for this purpose and have used it successfully in the past. The
> current problem occures when using the Custom Start up part. I get as far as
> setting all the startup properties, click finish and then the behavior gets
> weird. Where it usually creates the .MDE version and asks me if I want to
> open it or not and then tells me to close Access. Where I then run the
Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/showthread.php?t=11363
> package wizard in preperation to creating the final CD with auto run to
> install the app. What happens is it tells me it is creating thr .MDE version
> and just hangs there. I have checked all the compatability issues where asked
> and everything is fine, so I go on with the program and like I said, it just
Reference:: Sikh Philosophy Network http://www.sikhphilosophy.net/showthread.php?t=11363
> hangs. Anyone else have this problem and any possible solutions to it? Much
> Thanks,
> Bart