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Hi Vadim,<br />
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I had already looked into a couple of these and some others.<br />
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For a non-profit like me anything over say $200.00 a year is too much.<br />
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What I did do was investigate and spend about 10 hours figuring out how to do it with WinZip-Self-Extractor PRO which only costs $49.00.<br />
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Now I have it working it works very well.<br />
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I haven't included the MS Access Runtime as I opted to provide it as a separate WinZip Self Extractor File.<br />
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Thanks,<br />
Bob C.
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Hi Experts,<br />
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I need to create an installation package for an application I have developed.<br />
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I have used InstallShield Express in the past as it was a great product and reasonably priced. &nbsp;However they have remove the ability to provide MS Access Runtime as a Redistributable making this only available in the Pro version for a couple of thousand dollars more.<br />
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I am non-profit.<br />
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Can you recommend an alternative either product or method?<br />
<br />
Thanks,<br />
Bob C.
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Hi Experts,

I need to create an installation package for an application I have developed.

I have used InstallShield Express in the past as it was a great product and reasonably priced.  However they have remove the ability to provide MS Access Runtime as a Redistributable making this only available in the Pro version for a couple of thousand dollars more.

I am non-profit.

Can you recommend an alternative either product or method?

Thanks,
Bob C.

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