topic Anyone left using the ArcReader Activex Control for MS Access? in Developers Questions https://community.esri.com/t5/developers-questions/anyone-left-using-the-arcreader-activex-control/m-p/842298#M5473 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I'm probably the last person left in the world trying to do this - I am looking to add simple read only mapping functionality to a Microsoft Access DB.&nbsp; I gave up on the Map control as it messes up with the licenses, but as I just need read only access, and the ability for the user to click a map object and hopefully return the object details back to access using VBA, and I am now trying the ArcReader control that doesn't need licensing.&nbsp; It needs pmf 'publisher' files, and I created a publisher file and data grouping that reads fine into my copy of arc-reader on my local machine.&nbsp; When I try to load the same file into the control, it won't load the file.&nbsp; I understand that there is an intermediate step required to modify the publisher file somehow to 'give' permission for the file to be read into activex controls like I am doing.</P><P></P><P>Can anyone direct me where I need to go to be able to do this?&nbsp; I think I read that I need some kind of developer SDK that allows the modification of publisher files to allow access through activex controls.&nbsp; No idea why this is so complicated.&nbsp; I am trying this with ver 10.5.&nbsp; Thanks for your help.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 29 Jan 2020 07:16:01 GMT JohnManson2 2020-01-29T07:16:01Z Anyone left using the ArcReader Activex Control for MS Access? https://community.esri.com/t5/developers-questions/anyone-left-using-the-arcreader-activex-control/m-p/842298#M5473 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>I'm probably the last person left in the world trying to do this - I am looking to add simple read only mapping functionality to a Microsoft Access DB.&nbsp; I gave up on the Map control as it messes up with the licenses, but as I just need read only access, and the ability for the user to click a map object and hopefully return the object details back to access using VBA, and I am now trying the ArcReader control that doesn't need licensing.&nbsp; It needs pmf 'publisher' files, and I created a publisher file and data grouping that reads fine into my copy of arc-reader on my local machine.&nbsp; When I try to load the same file into the control, it won't load the file.&nbsp; I understand that there is an intermediate step required to modify the publisher file somehow to 'give' permission for the file to be read into activex controls like I am doing.</P><P></P><P>Can anyone direct me where I need to go to be able to do this?&nbsp; I think I read that I need some kind of developer SDK that allows the modification of publisher files to allow access through activex controls.&nbsp; No idea why this is so complicated.&nbsp; I am trying this with ver 10.5.&nbsp; Thanks for your help.</P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 29 Jan 2020 07:16:01 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/developers-questions/anyone-left-using-the-arcreader-activex-control/m-p/842298#M5473 JohnManson2 2020-01-29T07:16:01Z Re: Anyone left using the ArcReader Activex Control for MS Access? https://community.esri.com/t5/developers-questions/anyone-left-using-the-arcreader-activex-control/m-p/842299#M5474 <HTML><HEAD></HEAD><BODY><P>Are you needing this Publisher setting?&nbsp; or uncheck "Open in ArcReader only"</P><P></P><P><IMG class="image-1 jive-image" src="https://community.esri.com/legacyfs/online/479863_pastedImage_1.png" /></P></BODY></HTML> Wed, 29 Jan 2020 18:36:17 GMT https://community.esri.com/t5/developers-questions/anyone-left-using-the-arcreader-activex-control/m-p/842299#M5474 MarkBockenhauer 2020-01-29T18:36:17Z