One of the issue with using the Acess 2007 an later rutime is the new security mode. I prefer to create a shortcut to open it. accdb to the PC with the Access runtime and double click it. You can simply download the free Access runtime and install it. I never us the 2007 and later Package and Deployment Wizard. Starting with Access 2007 the Runtime and deployment tools became free. Prior to Avcess 2007 you have to purchase the Access Developer kit to get a license that gave you the rights to deploy the Access runtime.
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There has been much confusion on what it is and how to use it. I have been selling Access applications using the Access Runtime since it was first released for Access 97. If there is not an autoexec macro to open a “startup” form or the startup form option has not been set you will get just a blank window. To use the Access Runtime to view a database it has to be configure properly.
When opening a database with the Access Runtime you do not have the navigation pane (or database windows in 2003 and older). To open an Access database and view the forms and report you MUST have a version of Access.ġ) The full version which also has the ability to design (create/edit) forms, reports, queries, modules,Ģ) The Runtime version. OK Rick, the description seemed (to me) to imply you needed Access to create runtimes for those who didn’t have Access but not that it would open databases. A PDF viewer can open the PDF and fill out forms but it can’t edit/desing it like the full version of Adobe Acrobat. The Access runtime is a “viewer” is similar to a PDF viewer if ofr PDF files. The Runtime version is the same bits as the full version with all the designers and navigation pane disabled. The Access Runtime can only “read” database and “execute”. The runtime is to create a database for someone who hasn’t got Access to run, it won’t read a database first.