Even though we haven't gotten the runtime re-distributable shipped yet, you can run apps in Access 2007 in runtime mode. This will let you test solutions while waiting for the re-dist. In addition, it is a simple way to keep users from changing your applications even when they have the full app. You can use a long-standing command-line switch (documented here: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/105128 ) to launch apps in runtime mode. Access 2007 makes this much easier, though. All you have to do is...

We’ve been getting a lot of questions about this, so I want to let you all know the status of our 2007 Access Developer Extensions (ADE) project. As we posted before, the Access 2007 runtime is going to ship with the ADE, and redistribution of the runtime will be free for those of you who build runtime solutions. We have been slowed down a little be some source management / build issues on this project that came from the way it was set up. We’re getting through those issues and are nearly done with...