Converting Access db linking to Btrieve files thru ODBC

[JSwinney]

Greetings!

I know this kind of question gets asked here almost daily, but as a
newbie I have sort of a twist: I'm needing to take some reports I've
written in Access that link to Btrieve files thru an ODBC connection,
and create a run time app using Office Developer's Edition so that my
customers can run the reports using the native Btrieve data. *whew*

All of my customers have the same Btrieve file structures and
identical indices. They all own a common app that uses the Btrieve
files without the ODBC connection -- I have to assume the ODBC
connection is not present. Also, they potentially store the Btrieve
files in different locations on their respective networks.

Is Office Developer's Edition what I need? Any tips on writing an app
that:
1) locates the Btrieve files
2) checks to see if an ODBC connection to the files is present, then
creates one if needed
3) links my Access reports to the newly created ODBC connection
4) runs my report in run time
5) does all of this with a user-friendly (dummy-proof) installer

Thanks in advance!
Jay - js******@rfms.c om