DEPLOYMENT FOR USE ON MAC Ruth 12/14/2008 5:07:00 AM I'm getting ready to deploy one of my apps for the first time. My client has a MAC and has MSOffice. I'm deploying the app (created on Access 2007) as a standalone, not requiring Access 2007, but are there special adjustments that have to be made to the install file or any file for use on a MAC? /RA

Re: DEPLOYMENT FOR USE ON MAC "Douglas J. Steele" <NOSPAM_djsteele[ at ]NOSPAM_gmail.com> 12/14/2008 12:26:51 PM There's no such thing as a standalone Access application that doesn't require Access to be installed. Not only that, but there's no version of Access for Macs. Did you perhaps package your application with the free Access 2007 runtime, and you're thinking that it's now standalone? All you've done is include a special version of msaccess.exe with your application: you haven't changed your application in any way, shape or form. The special version of msaccess.exe is actually the same version that you used to develop the application in the first place, but its ability to make design changes to the application has been removed by literally hundreds of registry entries. The point is, though, that you still have to install msaccess.exe, and you can only do that in Windows. To run your application on a Mac, you'd have to ensure that Windows emulation software is running on the Mac. -- Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP http://I.Am/DougSteele (no private e-mails, please) "Ruth" <Ruth[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:4A228588-73E0-4442-81E5-AD985A6F875C[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > I'm getting ready to deploy one of my apps for the first time. My client > has > a MAC and has MSOffice. I'm deploying the app (created on Access 2007) as > a > standalone, not requiring Access 2007, but are there special adjustments > that > have to be made to the install file or any file for use on a MAC? > > /RA

Re: DEPLOYMENT FOR USE ON MAC Ruth 12/14/2008 7:09:01 PM Douglas, Why the attitude?....I don't think what you wrote is entirely accurate but thanks for the reply. I will look into what you've stated and have asked my client about the "Windows Emulation Software"? "Douglas J. Steele" wrote: [Quoted Text] > There's no such thing as a standalone Access application that doesn't > require Access to be installed. Not only that, but there's no version of > Access for Macs. > > Did you perhaps package your application with the free Access 2007 runtime, > and you're thinking that it's now standalone? All you've done is include a > special version of msaccess.exe with your application: you haven't changed > your application in any way, shape or form. The special version of > msaccess.exe is actually the same version that you used to develop the > application in the first place, but its ability to make design changes to > the application has been removed by literally hundreds of registry entries. > The point is, though, that you still have to install msaccess.exe, and you > can only do that in Windows. > > To run your application on a Mac, you'd have to ensure that Windows > emulation software is running on the Mac. > > -- > Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP > http://I.Am/DougSteele > (no private e-mails, please) > > > "Ruth" <Ruth[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > news:4A228588-73E0-4442-81E5-AD985A6F875C[ at ]microsoft.com... > > I'm getting ready to deploy one of my apps for the first time. My client > > has > > a MAC and has MSOffice. I'm deploying the app (created on Access 2007) as > > a > > standalone, not requiring Access 2007, but are there special adjustments > > that > > have to be made to the install file or any file for use on a MAC? > > > > /RA > > >

Re: DEPLOYMENT FOR USE ON MAC "tina" <nospam[ at ]address.com> 12/14/2008 9:06:12 PM wow, nothing like snapping at the hand that's offering food. there are times when i bless the genius who created the Block Sender option in OE, and this is one of those times. "Ruth" <Ruth[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:E5B91076-EFAA-4B97-A428-A6CD6D6EC95F[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > Douglas, > > Why the attitude?....I don't think what you wrote is entirely accurate but > thanks for the reply. I will look into what you've stated and have asked my > client about the "Windows Emulation Software"? > > "Douglas J. Steele" wrote: > > > There's no such thing as a standalone Access application that doesn't > > require Access to be installed. Not only that, but there's no version of > > Access for Macs. > > > > Did you perhaps package your application with the free Access 2007 runtime, > > and you're thinking that it's now standalone? All you've done is include a > > special version of msaccess.exe with your application: you haven't changed > > your application in any way, shape or form. The special version of > > msaccess.exe is actually the same version that you used to develop the > > application in the first place, but its ability to make design changes to > > the application has been removed by literally hundreds of registry entries. > > The point is, though, that you still have to install msaccess.exe, and you > > can only do that in Windows. > > > > To run your application on a Mac, you'd have to ensure that Windows > > emulation software is running on the Mac. > > > > -- > > Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP > > http://I.Am/DougSteele > > (no private e-mails, please) > > > > > > "Ruth" <Ruth[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message > > news:4A228588-73E0-4442-81E5-AD985A6F875C[ at ]microsoft.com... > > > I'm getting ready to deploy one of my apps for the first time. My client > > > has > > > a MAC and has MSOffice. I'm deploying the app (created on Access 2007) as > > > a > > > standalone, not requiring Access 2007, but are there special adjustments > > > that > > > have to be made to the install file or any file for use on a MAC? > > > > > > /RA > > > > > >