The runtime and developer extensions will be FREE!

re: The runtime and developer extensions will be FREE!

Tony Toews [MVP] — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 22:46:53 GMT

Whoa! Impressive. Nice stuff.

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Stevbe — Tue, 30 Jan 2007 23:15:57 GMT

Thank you for the update Clint, and thank you for filling in the breech in the MS blogs regarding Access even though you are moving on, I am sure you will let us know when someone else is ready to try and fill your shoes :-)

Thanks again,

Steve

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Michael Stanley — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:23:38 GMT

Great news!!! We are rolling out the Terminal Server version of our product ASAP

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Mike Scott — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 14:46:28 GMT

WOW!! ;-)))

Access Runtime for free... ??!!!??? ;-)

FrankFi's view of the world — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:03:16 GMT

Hi... for the zillions of you who asked the question: What about the Access runtime?? To be very open

re: The runtime and developer extensions will be FREE!

Ken Jensen — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 16:21:46 GMT

Where will the Property Scanner and the Customer Startup Wizard be found now? Will they still be a part of VSTO? I have wanted to see the code behind all this that was included with VSTO 2003 but never upgraded the users runtime to 2003 from 2002.

Ken

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Graham Mandeno [MVP] — Wed, 31 Jan 2007 23:36:03 GMT

This is awesome news, Clint! One day we're wondering if we're going to get it at all, and the next day it's not only coming, but FREE

:-)))

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Bill Mosca, MS Access MVP — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 00:06:31 GMT

That is really wonderful. Lots of people buying their own Access software can't afford the additional cost. This should encourage a lot more developers to do some independent work.

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Alan Cossey — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 15:33:24 GMT

This is great news all round. For independent developers, it will mean not having to fork out for the extra software. Almost as important will be the ability for users or their software departments to install it themselves and save us time having to create robust installation packages which take time and may contribute significantly to the price of a system. If I were a customer of mine, I would not really want to be paying the developer to set up and install such an intallation package when I am also paying for the database itself. Allowing users to install the runtime allows us to concentrate more on database development.

I am sure it will also help Microsoft too. They may lose some customers who otherwise would have been able to pay for the full version, but getting the runtime onto people's PC's will create a lot more interest in Access, leading to such people wanting to know more about Access and realising they can do some database stuff themselves if they buy the full version. Even with the improvements for such users in 2007, it ought to lead to more work for developers who have to come in and rescue them from time to time.

This is excellent news.

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P. Mertens — Thu, 01 Feb 2007 21:26:29 GMT

"Wow" :-) great news, will certainly help to encourage the use of access as a development platform.

Gute Nachrichten für Access Entwickler: „Runtime and Developer Extensions“ frei verfügbar.

Thu, 01 Feb 2007 22:12:52 GMT

Seit einigen Tagen sind die "Runtime and Developer Extensions" frei verfügbar. In der Vergangenheit mussten

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Roger Jennings — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 00:26:50 GMT

Good news on the Runtime and Developer Extensions

Do the Access Runtime bits include Graph12.exe?

--rj

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Kumar — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 03:21:30 GMT

Can we run Access 2000 file with Access 2007 runtime?

re: The runtime and developer extensions will be FREE!

Tim Getsch [MS] — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 23:20:01 GMT

Ken Jensen: We have no definite plans for shipping the Custom Startup Wizard and Property Scanner as part of another product. However there is a good chance we will just post them as free samples on Clint's blog. So keep an eye on this blog. :-)

re: The runtime and developer extensions will be FREE!

Tim Getsch [MS] — Fri, 02 Feb 2007 23:54:27 GMT

Roger Jennings: Yes the Graph component is included in the Access runtime.

Kumar: Yes you can run an Access 2000 file in the Access 2007 runtime.

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