Alison Balter’s Mastering Microsoft Access 2002 Desktop Development

Chapter 32. Distributing Your Application

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• Introducing the Packaging Wizard 1168

• Loading the Packaging Wizard Add-In 1168

• Distributing Your Application to Run with a Full Copy of Access 1169

• Using Full Versions Versus Runtime Versions of Access 1169

• Preparing Your Database for Use with the Access Runtime Version 1171

• Looking at Other Issues 1182

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Why This Chapter Is Important

Many developers are responsible for designing applications that are distributed to many users. The most basic distribution option is to require each user to purchase a copy of Access and then simply provide each user with a copy of the database (MDB) files required for the application. The developer then can go to each user and configure ...