I'm new to this forum, and I suspect this has been answered before, but
I can't find the information.
I have an Access DB that I've developed, split FE / BE, and installed
on several customer workstations via downloads from my website. The
initial install also installed the 2003 runtime libraries. (Win XP,
2003 Access Developer Extensions)
My problem is that now I need to update some of the BE tables and
programs in the FE. I've modified the FE to include SQL to make the
appropriate table changes in the BE.
When I create a new installation package and try to install it, I get a
message that says something along the lines of 'Another version of this
program has already been installed, please uninstall it before
installing this version." Is there any way to get the FE updates to
just install over the existing FE? This seems like it should be an easy
issue to resolve, but it's been a real pain thus far.
If they remove the previously installed version, the data (BE), which
has been modified by the end user, will also be removed.
Thanks much!
I can't find the information.
I have an Access DB that I've developed, split FE / BE, and installed
on several customer workstations via downloads from my website. The
initial install also installed the 2003 runtime libraries. (Win XP,
2003 Access Developer Extensions)
My problem is that now I need to update some of the BE tables and
programs in the FE. I've modified the FE to include SQL to make the
appropriate table changes in the BE.
When I create a new installation package and try to install it, I get a
message that says something along the lines of 'Another version of this
program has already been installed, please uninstall it before
installing this version." Is there any way to get the FE updates to
just install over the existing FE? This seems like it should be an easy
issue to resolve, but it's been a real pain thus far.
If they remove the previously installed version, the data (BE), which
has been modified by the end user, will also be removed.
Thanks much!