Installing RTF2 on network

[Don]

Re: Stephen Lebans' RTF2 ocx (Rich Text Format for Access)

First let me say, Thank you Stephen for doing this and making it
available to the Access community of developers!

I have installed it successfully on my computer at home. Now I have a
client with an Access database on about 25 computers. I want to use
RTF2 as part of my help system. The rich text format works great for
help file used with forms. Click a button, instant help with colors
and formatting!

The question I have is:
Where should I install the RTF ocx? Can it be installed on the
network in a shared location, and the have the reference point to it?
Or does it need to be on each installation of Access? - In other
words, installed on each computer terminal using Access?
I would very easy to install it on the network if that's possible.

Thanks,
Don

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

As with all other ActiveX controls, RTF2.ocx is best installed on each
user's machine.

 

[Don]

As with all other ActiveX controls, RTF2.ocx is best installed on each
user's machine.

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Hi Doug,
With my new clients I will see that it is installed on the user's
machine. For existing clients, this may be hard to do. From your
response it sounds like it will work on the network, but it is not
advised? The other option is to put the help files in PDF for these
clients, but it would not be as convenient - but doable.
Thanks,
Don

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

Hi Doug,
With my new clients I will see that it is installed on the user's
machine. For existing clients, this may be hard to do. From your
response it sounds like it will work on the network, but it is not
advised? The other option is to put the help files in PDF for these
clients, but it would not be as convenient - but doable.

To be honest, I don't know whether it will work.

I believe it's an ActiveX control, which means that it has to be registered
in order to work (using regsvr32.exe). It's seldom a good idea to register a
control from a location not on the machine: if drive mappings change or the
server changes or the network is down or many other possible problems occur,
you'll run into problems.