What's the simplest method to install a runtime database app across the web?

MLH

I have about 12-13 files. All can go into a single directory.
And I need a desktop icon created to launch the app. Is
making the app available for web-based installation quite
difficult. What tools are used to do that?

Nov 13 '05 #1

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Albert D. Kallal

Are you talking about installing a few mde files, or the actual runtime?

The runtime in a2000 can be up to 150 megs in size.

For a2003..it is about 34 megs + your size application (compressed).

So, I suppose you could deliver something via the web..but for anything but
high speed, I don't this very workable.

The runtime has provisions for putting a shortcut on the desktop (you
mention 13...do you really want 13 icons put on the desktop?).

I mean, once the runtime is installed and setup, then you just need to give
your uses the mde files. To update via the web, I generally just use WinZip
(www.winzip.com) to zip the files and the users can download and un-zip the
files.

The a2003 does use the standard MSI installer, and some utilities on the web
can re-package a MSI to"install" from the web, but given the very large size
of the runtime..I would likely split this up into two parts. Only the
"first" application needs the actaully large runtime package included..the
rest of the files will then simply run when copied to the pc (thus, winzip
is useful here).

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Albert D. Kallal (Access MVP)
Edmonton, Alberta Canada
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Nov 13 '05 #2

MLH

Thx for reply, Albert. I see lots of your helpful posts to
this newsgroup.

Am talking about 5 megs of stuff tops - uncompressed.
That's not too big a load, I don't think. Does that help?
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On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 08:15:20 GMT, "Albert D. Kallal"
<Pl************ *******@msn.com > wrote:

Are you talking about installing a few mde files, or the actual runtime?

The runtime in a2000 can be up to 150 megs in size.

For a2003..it is about 34 megs + your size application (compressed).

So, I suppose you could deliver something via the web..but for anything but
high speed, I don't this very workable.

The runtime has provisions for putting a shortcut on the desktop (you
mention 13...do you really want 13 icons put on the desktop?).

I mean, once the runtime is installed and setup, then you just need to give
your uses the mde files. To update via the web, I generally just use WinZip
(www.winzip.com) to zip the files and the users can download and un-zip the
files.

The a2003 does use the standard MSI installer, and some utilities on the web
can re-package a MSI to"install" from the web, but given the very large size
of the runtime..I would likely split this up into two parts. Only the
"first" application needs the actaully large runtime package included..the
rest of the files will then simply run when copied to the pc (thus, winzip
is useful here).

Nov 13 '05 #3

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