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gwtechie72

Is there a way to have an access form open without having to install access
on all my employees computers. Maybe as a visual basic applicaiton if so what
do I need to look into so it will work? Do I have any other options? I am
trying to aviod installing access on all the computers.
 
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Larry Linson

gwtechie72 said:
Is there a way to have an access form open without
having to install access on all my employees computers.
Maybe as a visual basic applicaiton if so what do I need
to look into so it will work? Do I have any other options?
I am trying to aviod installing access on all the computers.
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You could consider obtaining a copy of the Office Developer Edition, or
Visual Studi Tools for Office, depending on the version of Access, and
distributing it to the users with runtime support. MVP Tony Toews has
information on the runtime support for various versions of Access at
http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/developereditionversions.htm.

As you likely know, you can't generate an "executable" with Access, nor can
you just import an Access form into any other development tool. There are
many similarities between the appearance of Access and Classic VB (VB 6 and
earlier) Forms and Controls, but many of the similarities are superficial,
and the object model is different.

Larry Linson
Microsoft Access MVP
 
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