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The Bid4Build construction estimating program
(excluding Bid4Build Takeoff) requires Microsoft
Access® 2000 or greater installed on your
computer.
Microsoft
Access is the premier database product on the
market from Microsoft and is typically purchased
as part of the Microsoft Office Professional®
suite of products which includes (Excel®,
PowerPoint®, and Word®).
If you
DO NOT HAVE Microsoft Access installed on your
computer, you can download the FREE Runtime versions
of Microsoft Access 2000 or 2007 directly from
our website links to Microsoft.
NOTE:
DO
NOT install Microsoft Access Runtime if you already
have the full licensed version of Microsoft Access
installed on your computer. If you have a Trial
Version of Microsoft Office with Access
installed, you may need to remove this and install
Microsoft Access Runtime, or convert the
Trial to a licensed version of Microsoft
Access.
The Bid4Build application typically will not run
using a Trial version of Microsoft Access.
XP
Service Pack 3, VISTA and Windows 7 USERS:
If your operating system is Microsoft Vista, Windows
7, or XP with at least Service Pack 3 installed,
then download and install MS Access 2007 Runtime.
MS
Access 2007 Runtime Download:
Older
XP Users: If you are running Windows XP and
do not have Service Pack 2 or 3 installed, or
have an older version of XP and are unsure of
the release, then download MS Access 2000 Runtime.
MS
Access 2000 Runtime Download:
If you
are not sure how to download and install files
over the internet: 
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This section
will provide you with more detailed information
about Microsoft Access Runtime 2000
and 2007 installations. Review this
section if you would like more information
on the Runtime installation, limitations,
system requirements, or if you already have
Microsoft Access 97, or earlier versions
installed on your computer.
Once
the Runtime has been installed, you do not
need to do anything further in terms of
the installation. A successful
installation of Microsoft Access Runtime will
not create any menu icons in your Start/Menu
program menu. Since this is a
Runtime environment, you will not be able
to run MS Access as a stand-alone program.
The Runtime is only used to run a qualified
Microsoft Access application, such as Bid4Build.
The Runtime installation creates registry
entries in your computer's Windows environment
which tells your computer how to run the
MS Access application files which have the
extension of "MDE, MDA or MDB". This
is called "program association". If
you have not installed the Runtime prior
to installing the Bid4Build program or do
not have the full version of Microsoft Access
installed on your computer, then you will
not be able to run the Bid4Build program.
Your computer will return an error message
informing you that it does not know how
to run the program file "Bid4Build.mde".
Installation
of MS Access Runtime 2007 on Vista or Windows
7 may require special considerations depending
upon the version of Vista/Windows 7 and
PC used. Answers to specific questions on
Vista and Windows 7 installations are available
on on our website
FAQ
Using
MS Access Runtime concurrent with MS Access
97
If you would like to install the Microsoft
Access Runtime on a computer which already
has an older, version of Microsoft Access
installed (such as Microsoft Access 97),
you will need to install the Microsoft Access®
Runtime 2000 and then re-point the Bid4Build
application to override the older version.
If you do not make the following changes,
your computer will try to run the Bid4Build
application using the older Microsoft Access
version and fail since the Bid4Build program
will not run on a Microsoft Access release
prior to version 2000.
The following steps are required to correctly
configure this re-pointing: -
Using your computer mouse, click on the system "Start" button
at the bottom of your windows desktop screen, then click on "Programs". -
Inside the Programs list, look for "Bid4Build Construction
Estimating System", then click on that line -
Highlight
"Bid4Build Construction Estimating System" and then right click that line with
your mouse to show a list where you should see "Properties" -
Click
on the "Properties" line 5. Now you will see a box with General and Shortcut tabs
on the top of the box. Click on the Shortcut tab and you will see a field called
"Target" -
Replace the contents of current target
with the following command line using your computer's cut and paste features:
"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\ART\Office\MSACCESS.EXE" /excl /runtime
"c:\program files\Bid4Build\Bid4Build.mde"
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Save
the new command line by clicking on the "Ok" button in the properties box for
the Bid4Build application. MS
Access 2000 Minimum System Requirements
Computer/Processor
The recommended system configuration for Microsoft
Access, Windows version, is a computer with a Pentium III processor and 128MB
of RAM. Pentium 133 MHz or higher processor required.
Memory
RAM requirements for Microsoft Access depend upon the operating system used, plus
an additional 8 MB of RAM for each Office application running simultaneously:
for Windows 2000 Professional, 64 MB of RAM for the operating system.
Hard Disk
Hard-disk space requirements will vary depending on configuration.
170 MB of available hard-disk space is required for the default configuration
of Microsoft Access with 115 MB on the hard disk where the operating system is
installed. Customers without Windows 2000, Windows Me or Office 2000 SR1 will
require an extra 50 MB of hard-disk space for the System Files Update. Custom
installation choices may require more or less hard-disk space. The
Bid4Build application is relatively small. With all components considered,
it only takes up a maximum of 30KB of hard-disk space.
Drive
CD-ROM Drive.
Display
Super VGA (800x600) or higher-resolution
monitor with 256 colors.
Operating System
Microsoft Windows
2000 or greater. On systems running Windows NT 4.0, the version of Internet Explorer
must be upgraded to at least 4.01 with Service Pack 1.
Peripherals
Microsoft Mouse, Microsoft IntelliMouse, or compatible pointing device.
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