I have recently finished developing a Complaints Database for my company and we carried out some testing on machines that use runtime only and guess what? Good old runtime errors!
I aksed the IT department to give me a brand new blank login profile and when I used this, the database worked perfectly under the runtime environment. This tells me that the runtime on users machines that have worked here for some time, something has changed with the way in which runtime works.
What I would like to try and do is for these machines, when the database loads up, to re-install or re-configure Access runtime so it is effectively a clean Runtime slate for want of a better expression.
Does anyone know how I could do this or possibly even offer any assistance in another way. My understanding of runtime is that it has most of the Access capabilities but obviously without design, build, debug functions etc and is purely a 'cloak' to allow the mdb file to be viewed/executed.
Hi All I need some help with configuring an odbc connection. The issue is that when I go to another site I cant access the AS400 tables I think this is due to the drivers being different on each site.
I have tried using "NS/ODBC" on system DSN this worked once and then crashed.
On the site that works all the time we use "Netmanage ODBC R/W Optimized 32 bit"
does anyone know if it is possible to connect using "NS/ODBC" or do I need to get "Netmanage ODBC R/W Optimized 32 bit" installed in the other site?
If it is possible to use "NS/ODBC" does anyone know what the RDB name should be ?
I have followed the very informative postings here on security and deploying a multi user access application and have started doing that myself. A lot has worked but there are a few things that are not working out right and I just wanted to get some clarification on that. Hopefully this will benefit others in my situation as well.
1. First, I put security into the database by creating multiple users some with Admin and some with user priviledges.
2. I created a different workgroup file (product.mdw)
3. I then split the db to front and backend. I used UNC to nk tables from FE to BE
4. I put the BE on a shared network folder along with product.mdw. The reason is I am still developing the app and may also need to tweak the user permission settings, so thought of putting teh .mdw file on a server rather than putting it on each users machine for now. I am then using a shortcut on each user's machine that references this .mdw file on the server
5. I also have the FE on the server for now and created a shortcut on each user's desktop (I am doing this for now so that I donot need to put the FE on each users machine every time I change something. this is temporary for a few weeks till I finish development. After that I plan to put the FE on each user's machine)
The problem I am facing is that after putting the shortcut in a user's machine, if the user even wants to open any local Access db on their machine (not my app), it is now asking for a UID and passwd.
Now, when I put the shortcut on the user's desktop (to repeat, I referenced the FE, and .mdw file on the network folder in the shortcuts Target settting), should I have done anything else on the user's machine. After just putting the shortcut on the desktop, the user could click on it and go directly into my database without any UID and passwd though I have security in my db. The I went to the user's Access install and changed the workgroup file to the one on the network folder (through Tools - Security -Workgroup Info ...). Was that necessary because I had alsready put in all the necesary parameters in the shortcut's Target setting?
I guess I am missing someting about how the .mdw file associates with Access. When you define a .mdw file in the Tools - Security - Workgroup ,..) setting, does that associate with a particular DB or for any db that this Access install brings up? If so, then how does one get aorund the problem of deployment to user's desktop where the users could be having their own local Access DB's that they use without a password but need to use a password to access a DB on the network. I cannot imagine that because I require the user to use a password for my db on the network means that I have to tell them that they need to use a password for any DB they use in their machine from now on.
Please let me know where I am going wrong. Thank you
I built a MS Access db using the 2003 version for a friend of mine. Turns out she loved it and now want to share it with two other people. The database is split with FE and BE, but I know very little about networking. Each person work out of their homes and all live in different towns. Can someone tell me how to configure something like this, will this require a standalone Server machine and how do I go about mapping the user to the server?? I do not see the user community growing to more than 4 or 5 users. Thanks in advance.. newbie to the site...
I have a database, in this database I have a "group and sort" set up on a report that I built from the database. The report is sorted by the "shape" field, then the "weight" field. The weight field is where I am having an issue. I have values in this field that range from .01 to 9. whatever..... nothing has ever gone over 9.*.
We now have a item with a 10.* value and when access sorts the report the "10" weight item is listed at the bottom of the 1's not after the 9's. I need to have access treat the 10 as a larger number than 9 not as the end of the 1's. So right now 10 is right before it goes to 2, I need it to be after 9. Is this possible ?
After windows problem I had to reinstall Office XP Developer. All programs except Access work fine. It opens to install screen which searches and configures but nothing else?
I have installed Microsoft Access 2003 and Microsoft Access 2003 Developer Extensions. I can create Access application by using the Package Wizard. But after I upgrade from Microsoft Access 2003 to Microsoft Access 2007. I can't use the Package Wizard.
Hopefully this will be something new that someone will be willing to try since I haven't been able to find anything like this in the forum....
We have 7 pieces of equipment (routers/switches/encryptors) that all have large text file configuration data. What we want to do, if possible, is to create an option group and a memo block, so that when we click any one of the pieces of equipment in the option group, the text configuration file will display in the memo block and we will be able to save it as part of the record. Is this even possible or is there a better solution?
This would be the equivalent of simply using a command button to launch notepad with the configuration data.
We have two computers in a work group. On computer1 I have the back-end and front-end database files in the shared folder and 2 users out of 4 can access the database no problem. When the other users try to access the database they receive the error message "Microsoft Access can't Find The Database 'C:Documents and SettingsAll UsersDocumentsdb.mdb' Make sure you entered the correct path and filename" On computer2 I have the front-end database files in the shared folder and pointing to the same back-end database on computer1. Again 2 users out of 4 can access the database no problem. When the other users try to access the database they receive the same error described above.
I expect that this is some sort of windows permissions issue? There are some clues to this fact .. The two users that can't access the database are limited accounts, but I tried making them administrators and this had no affect. Their shared documents folder does not have a hand underneath it?
Any help on this appreciated as it's really starting to annoy me now!
I have access 2003 installed, which I use to make systems ( doh )
Anyway, I have just installed Access Runtime on the same machine so that I can test my databases on the runtime version to make sure that all works ok. However, I have installed several times now, but I can not find runtime anywhere to run it... Can you not use runtime if you have full blown access installed ? Or am i just having a blonde moment ???
Hi all. I have problem with form for viewing pictures. If I use apllication using full MS Access I haven't any problem. I can see BMP, JPG, GIF ... But if I open appllication using runtime I cannot open JPG file. Runtime show error to transfer picture to GIF or BMP. Where is the problem?
if I don't buy office Developer software, I just download Access Runtime 2002 from the Microsoft website, and then install it on the client machines. Do I commit the company rules? Do I need to buy unlimited license for Access Runtime before installing?
I have full version MS Access, and Office Developer Edition to disribute the Access RunTime for my clients.
I don't want to create the package (adp file), I just want to create the package for Access RunTime, and then install it into my client machines, we want to run the same adp file on the network sharing drive. Then, it's fine. But, how do I install the supported files into my client machines? Because the supported files attached to the package (adp file), if we install adp file into the client machine, it will install adp file and the supported files, but we don't want to install adp file, we just want to install supported files.
I have program compiled in Access 97 runtime installed on my Windows XP computer.
When I installed this program on account TOM (Administrator) then program run and work great. When i changed privileges for TOM (not be admin anymore) to restriction account then i have problem witch this program
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Program still working, but if I want to use some function in this program i have this error:
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I don't know why ?
In installation folder, and c:program filesMicrosoft Office Runtime 97 and c:windowssystem32 user TOM have ALL rights.
Can anybody help me ?
Sorry for my English,, i still learn it. Best regards for all
I am developing an application in access xp (2002) and want to distribute it as a runtime application. I do not have the Office xp Developer version and thus need to buy the MS Office Developer. It is still available and if so, where can I buy it? Or can the Visual Studio Tools for the MS Office System make a runtime version from access 2002? Any help would be appreciated. Niels
I have a question about Access runtime. We have some users at work who don't have Access on their machines, but we would like them to be able to use databases we have created. My suggestion was to purchase Visual Studio Tools for Office, which will give us Access Developer Extensions and allow us to distribute runtime versions of our databases.
However, the pcs here at work are pretty well tied down in terms of installing anything. E.g. no registry changes are allowed, unless you are an administrator.
So my question is - what is actually involved in installing the Access Runtime. Can it be achieved simply by copying the relevant files (ACCESSRT.* ?) into the office directory, or is there more to it than that. Will I be able to get my databases up and running myself, or is it likely that I will need the help of the Technology Department to get the Runtime installed ?
We are considering rolling out a number of access reports to users within our organisation who currently do not have access installed, nor do we want them to. Run time seems the obvious route. I see the runtime module is included in Access 2003 but I cant see if you have to install Access on the users PC in a "Runtime mode only" way or if the Developer tools have to be purchased to get the package wizard so you can send the package out with run time. Basically we want users to be able to access the database from the server but we do not want them to have the ability to do any thing else in access . i know read only rights will enable that to be done in the particular database but we don't want them building their own db's and the bothering IT when they come across something difficult....
I created an Access Runtime Database Download on Windows XP. One of my clients downloaded the db to Windows Vista. The installation went fine and he was able to populate the database with no problem. However, now he needs to send me back the data and we cannot seem to access any data files. The backend.mdb file appears to be blank, even know the data appears on the front end. We have tried searching the computer to find any hidden files it might be saving the data to and there doesn't appear to be any. I have tried copying the entire folder containing both the frontend and the backend to a jump drive and looking at the data on a different computer and it appears to be blank. This doesn't seem to happen on any other OS. Since it is a runtime version of Access, I am not able to export any files or even view anything of administrative value within the DB. When I look at the backend.mdb in Explorer, the modified date is old, so it doesn't seem to be adding the data to the backend, even though it is theoretically linked to it. Does anyone know where this data might reside or of a workaround of how to extract this data???
Does anyone have a good easy sugestion on how to distribute a db with access runtime in a package to users without access 2003? I have tried setup2go and it makes a fine .exe file. But I can't make the package with access runtime.
I am reading this forum for a while now and I learned here almost everything I know. But, now i am having problem and I really don't know how to solve it. I am trying to test some little program which I made fo my company. It is Access 2000 database and I made it with Access 2003. Everything is working 100% in Access 2003. BUT, problem is that this database will be run on several mashines in two of our companies and in that other company they have a lot of computers with Win98 installed. I have Access 2003 Developer and I managed to make deployment for computers in my resident company, but, as you probably know, Access 2003 is not working on Win98 computers.
So, I tried to install Access 2000 Runtime on those computers and I am still trying because stupid installation won't finish! It just stops when it comes almost to the end of instalation and nothing happens. I tried to wait for some time but instalation is dead. I also tried to make clean instalation of Win98, but nothing changed. There is no Access on those computers of any kind.
I tried to search forum for solution, but I didn't find it.
I have been writing databases for several years now, so I know my way around access pretty good. I have come upon a strange error though. which is confusing me to now end. I wrote a Database on my work machine which has the latest version of MS Access and SP2 for Office. I just tried to send it to another employee for them to test. Now they do not have the full version of MS Access installed on their machine, they only have the runtime version which only runs the Database. The load works fine and the first screen uses ADO to lookup some value and display them in a list box, nothing crazy, everything works fine. Now using this form, when they click a button the info in the list box is used to set the Fields a new Unbound form. And this is where the error happens. The on_load event of the form fails for some reason, and gives a msgbox which says, "Runtime error occured and the App needs to close", but the prog works fine on my machine. I am baffled. The file is a MS Access 2000 format, I tried changing it to MS Access 2002/2003 Format, and when I do that they cannot open the file because it says they do not have thje latest MS Access version. I have no idea what, why the error occurs, any ideas??
According to Clint Covington, Microsoft intends to release the runtime and developer extensions for free.
My opinion is that it should ALWAYS have been free instead of slapping us Access developers with an extra cost so our users don't need to pay hundreds of dollars more to use our applications. I can't think of ANY other development environment that has this drawback.
I have packaged my Access 2000 program using SageKey. When I open the installed runtime version of the database, and click on a menu button that performs a databse backup, there is no error, yet the file does not copy (note that I am using a function that utilises apiCopyFile). It does not do this in the full Access version where I have developed the program. Does anyone have any idea why it is doing this? And any suggestions to how I could fix this or change my approach?
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