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Access 2010 Runtime and SharePoint 2010

I have developed a hybrid Access 2010/Sharepoint 2010 app that I would like to distribute to a selected group of experts for testing. Unfortunately, it will be several months before our company upgrades to Office 2010.

I am wondering if we could use the Access 2010 runtime in this SharePoint scenario (the app consists of a form with a lot of code behind). Will the runtime work with Access Services? Will installing the runtime have any effect on the existing Office 2007 installations?

peter57r

Not quite sure what the question means.

The point about Access services applications is that they run in a browser and don't need Access at all. There is nothing to install on the users machine.

As long as you have one A2010 to do your development that's it.

dgmoore1

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My situation is a little different: my hybrid app is a tool for generating xml and html files and runs on the client - it doesn't do anything in the browser. Our company is rolling out SharePoint 2010 as our principal enterprise portal: I am using Access Services/SharePoint 2010 as a means for managing the app centrally - distributing it to users and keeping the apps on the clients up to date. That's why I need Access 2010 on the client and why I am asking if the runtime will work.

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dgmoore1

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This post is actually very helpful - since I'm not writing any data back to the server it sounds like the runtime on the client may do the trick. We're rolling out the enterprise portal in late spring and are developing a large number of enterprise program management tools. Mine is the only one that uses Access on the client, but since it's entirely code based it can't execute on the server.

Thanks for the pointer!