Using the Assistant with Access Run-Time Applications

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If you are creating an Access run-time application and installing it on a computer that does not have Office installed, the Assistant object is not available. However, the Office Assistant is based on the Microsoft® Agent ActiveX® control, which is freely distributable. For Access run-time applications, you can use the Agent control to provide the full range of Assistant services without accessing the Office Assistant's object model. For more information about using the Agent control, see the Microsoft Agent Web site at http://www.msdn.microsoft.com/default.asp.

If Office is not installed on the computer where your Access runtime application will be used, you also might have to install HTML Help components from the installation CD.

See Also

Using the Office Assistant to Display Help | Displaying Help Topics from an Office Assistant Balloon | Creating an Answer Wizard Index to Display Custom Help Topics from the Office Assistant