I am looking at installing an Access 2003 application on some machines
that don't have any version of Access previously installed. After
reading lots of posts on this group and elsewhere I assume that I need
to purchase "Visual Studio Tools For Office 2003" which will give me
the ability to install the application together with the Access
runtime. I also assume I will also have the legal right to distribute
the runtime.
Most of the problems that I have read about when installing the runtime
seem to stem from the target machines having other versions of Access
already installed. Given that my target machines will not have any
version of Access previously installed on them, can I reasonably expect
to install the app and run it reliably by using the runtime or are
there other issues to consider? Also can I perform the install
successfully without resorting to third party installers?
Any help is appreciated.