I am running an Access 97 database with the backend on the server and client databases on about 2 workstations. I also have a working model of the frontend on the server that I often update. I then have to go around to each workstation and manually install the new front end from the server. I am looking for an application built in Access 97 that I can apply before the client database opens, it checks the client on the server and if a newer version is available, it copies it to the workstation. Once copied, it then proceeds to open the new front end on the workstation. Tony Towes has an excellent application on the Granite website but I cant use it because it contains a VB programme that I cannot import onto our network (security restrictions).
Grateful if someone could point me in the right direction.
I am using the Auto FE Updater to update the FE's of my database over a LAN. The utility is setup and working normally for the most part, but I have one little issue that I can't seem to find any info on anywhere.
There are two groups of users that are only separated administratively (not geographically), they are in the same building. One set has their drive containing the database FE & BE mapped by a logon script; the other group must map the drive manually. The problem is with the second group; they can't map the drive to the same drive letter because they have another drive automatically mapped to that letter in their logon script. Plus since they are doing their own mapping, they don't map to the same letter amongst themselves. I am using a shortcut to the StartMDB.exe on the network drive (the shortcut is in a separate folder from the actual executable). I am using UNC everywhere possible but when the shortcut is put on the desktops of the second group it still points to the drive letter of the first group. If I try to change the shortcut to UNC it always reverts back to the letter it is mapped to.
I am trying to make a .cmd file so I can use UNC there but can't get it to work. Does anyone have a .cmd file that starts an exe and points to an ini file as would be needed by Auto FE Updater? If so could you post a copy of it so I can see what I am doing wrong? Also, does anyone have any other suggestions?
I have set up Tony Toews Auto FE updater and it works great on my machine. I just had one of my users go into the shared drive and double-click the StartMDB.exe file from this program and she is getting this error message:
"Null command line sent to utility"
"If you are using a shortcut the target in the shortcut has not been properly set up"
I have not created a shortcut for StartMDB so I don't understand what could have gone wrong. Any ideas?? I have posted this message in the community newsgroup for Tony Toews but not sure if I asked it in the right one. Just hoping someone else may have encounter this problem in the past.
I have created a split db for my father and his little business. Sometimes he asks me to make changes. I want to be able to email him the new front end, and when clicked, the file will install the new front end to the correct location along with any folders containing updated informatio (Images, Tables, etc)
I was looking at Bob Larson's utility posted here (http://www.access-programmers.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=111132) and I have a question. Maybe I'm being dense (I probably am) but the loading page on my form looks like this:
I am new to using access and have customized a project management database for a friend's company. I need a way to auto relink the front end and back end databases when moved in the same folder. I am currently using Access 2013 and have already tried using the code on this site: [URL]...... Does this code not work for Access 2013 or am I adding it incorrectly.
Hi all,I'm in a bit of a dilemma here. We currently have an mdb which includes a form and 4 tables. The entire mdb is around 800 megs. What we used to do is distribute this mdb to users in completely different locations on a CD, but now it has become to large for a cd to hold. Our manager wants us to figure out a way to distribute this mdb using only 1 cd, without zipping it. How would i go about doing that? Is there currently an installer, that can download the database from our ftp site and then insert the tables, or is there any other easier way i can get this done? P.s. The database will likely get larger and larger every yearThanks in advance
we use access database for printing lab reports. and a small graph is also printed on this report from another software(not an access application).
what i have done is that first we print the txt report from access and then use the same paper to print graph on it. I have alligned the report in such a way that these two reports fit perfectly.
we have to print twice and sometimes the graph is deleted in the other application, so we have to make the graph again.
what i want to do is: 1) prepare graph in the other application. 2) take a screenshot of it. 3) save this as an image file (jpg or bmp) 4) reference this picture in the access application and print it with the report.
So the problems are: 1) when i take a screenshot, how do i save it as a file, 2) how do i just get the area of the graph and remove all extra space. (usually all the other space is white as background)
Hi all! I was wondering if you guys can help me out with this one:
I would like to have data auto-inserted from a particular colum in table 'x' in to a defined column in table 'y'. similary, I'd like to achieve auto-updation of this data as well as deletion. Can anyone please provide some guidelines?
A little more detail :
I have a column "Client ID" in the table client_personal_info, the rows of which I'd like to have updated in the "Client ID" column in the client_business_detail table.
So if say, ClientID_1 is a row that has been added by the user, I'd like to have it auto-inserted in the client ID column in the client_business_detail table
Access 2010 keeps changing the Capitalization of objects when I don't want it to.
For example "Cancel" becomes "cancel". Later it will be changed back to "Cancel".
There is also a table with a field "FULLNAME". Several Queries build a field "FullName". As a result FullName, even in places like Application. CodeProject.FullName get changed to Application.CodeProject.FULLNAME.
(Track Name AutoCorrect is off. ) It is especially irritating because I export the code to text files and check it into source control. Sometimes dozens, or even hundreds, of files will show up as changed because Access did it's rename thing.
Hello i want to use as a front end as i can create better forms etc... i want the end user to enter information into a form in Flash and then it automatically updates the access back end? is there a simple way of doing this??
I have read every post here on "distribution" and "deploying" the front end to the users but can't seem to get how to do it. I see many posts regarding updating the front end and using the runtime version to distribute but can't seem to understand how to initially get the database out to my users.
I have a split db and need to distribute it to about 20+ people. The back end will reside on a shared drive that is mapped the same on everyone's machine. I also have the FE on the same drive and am currently using a batch file run from a link on our website to open it, therefore we are all using the same front end which is what I am trying to eliminate.
Can I just zip up my FE and email it to my users? Will that maintain the links to the back end when they unzip it to their desktop?
Also, I would like to get some feedback on some software I am thinking of buying for pushing out my updated databases in the future. It is called Access Frontend Loader http://www.frontend-loader.com/
Has anyone used this before? Would appreciate any thoughts on it or any other program you may have used in the past.
I am trying to create a Preventive Maintenance Program for my facility,
I will create maintenance tasks: [ID],[Dept.],[Machine],[Task],[Frequency],[Completed Date],[Due Date]
Simple tasks,
Up front design help,
I will want the task to stay in the task table and the Due Date to be calculated combining the [completed date] & [Frequency]
Simple not a problem,
Here is my problem: I will need to create a task history table that will contain the Task details and the Completed date each time I complete the task; therefore my thought is that i will need to send the task detail to a history table each time it is complete, so I thought Append Query; but the problem is that it appends all of the records in the task table each time you run it including the tasks that have been appended on previous query runs.
any thoughts on how to capture the task details for a specific record and send them to a history table ?
I have a split database, the front end is showing to be 20.5 megs in size but there are only 4 forms and about 6 querys. Can someone tell me how to find what is making it so large?
I did a compact and repair but it did not reduce the size??
I think I am having some problem with my back end and frond end files. I have a mde file that anytime I enter new data or change some things in the old clients file, it does not update on the mdb file. Anytime I need to change forms or report or any thing at all, I am suppose to copy the BE file and the MDB file to my workstatio, remove the table link, make the changes I want to make on the design mode and then import the files back to the live copy of the mdb file then make another mde file to work with. But When I copy the BE and the MDB files, I don't have the updated client list or new client just added. So as not to affect other users, I can not make changes in the MDE file and even the MDE file will not even let me make any changes in design mode. I don't know If I am making sense but any help will be appreciated
I am having a trouble with a multiuser DB. I have split it using the Splitter Wizard and have put a copy of my FE to a second computer and relinking its tables. When I opening the bound form in computer 1, computer 2 can not open that form and sometimes computers lock and had to restart the machines. But if I open that form in computer 2 first and then the same form in computer 1 , it works fine. I have set full sharing to computer 1. I am using Access 2007 and Windows VISTA.
Both have FE, the BE is located in a shared folder with full permissions in C: in computer 1, the FE of computer 1 is in that same folder. Both computers are connected via a Cat5e Cable.
FE in computer1 table links to c:databaseBE and computer 2 links to computer1_IP_Addressc:/databaseBE
I have a wonderful database I designed almost 2 years ago. Other than a few hiccups with corrupted data (http://www.access-programmers.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?t=135483), my employer is 100% satisfied with it.
I’m graduating this winter with an AS in computer programming and I would like to update the database to a VB/ADO .NET (VS 2003) front end before I leave. Being a VB developer, I have had my fair share of “quick fixes” when I could not work out a solution with VBA. VBA is the evil twin of VB lol.
Other than PHP w/ MySQL I have never used two separate entities for data management. It’s always been strictly MS Access as the database and front end.
So my question is what major differences should I expect that I took for granted with MS Access’s built in functionality? Such as subforms with master/child properties, navigation, printing reports etc. Will I have to write code for every little detail that MS Access handled for me?
What are your thoughts on using VB.NET as a front end? Did the pros out weigh any cons from your experience with this setup? Any thoughts on using Crystal Reports?
Hello I'm looking for a web based front end to put on my access database. Due to the way our work site is set up and the people who will be entering some of the data my boss wants it to be accessed through a web browser. Infopath wont let me enter data into an access database through a web browser and with DAPs becoming a thing of the past we dont really want to use them either. Some of the forms will be used for raw data collection while others will be used to fill out spill reports (i work in an environmental department) so we can get the information quickly. We have tried just using access to run everthing but have meet alot of resistance as most of the people who enter the data hate it. I also had someone enter half a spill report into an SQL sequence once..dont even know how he got there. That is the main reason we are looking for a web based data entry system. I dont believe my boss wants to use anything but access for the storage. So basicly we are just looking for a way for people to use a web browser to enter data into an access database. Any advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
I have a backend database and front end mdb file with forms. I established the necessary relationships in the back end, however when I open Relationships screen in the front end - it opens empty. Do I have to establish same relationships in the front end or can I leave it as it is and still have my relationships work as defined in the front end?
I've one FE & BE related question here. Ok first of all I've BE in server and each user have copy of FE in local PC. But I've one problem with linked tables between FE & BE.
Is there a way that FE can programmatically create connection to BE linked tables or user is able to link those tables manually, if FE can't find/connect to linked tables in BE? Or do I just have to manually configure each users FE linked tables?
All replies are welcome and well approciated at all costs! :D
I want to use access 2007 as a front end for Sql Server DB. I want to create a basic input form, a search and display facility, and have some reports generated out of the application.
If this would be possible to do using Access in 20 days?
i am creating a database that will house some supplier information. once designed, the db will be populated with all the data and then it will be used as a reference tool for future projects.
it was requested that an "excel front end" be used for lookup and ease of use to access the data when it is finished... i am not really sure how that works.
also, what is the best way to create contingent variables in access-- for example, if a certain value is in the database then you have a corresponding action. like if there were a field asking how many suppliers there were, and if say the number is 4, then 4 entry windows come up. a sort of if/then statement?
I split my database so that users could only edit/view data through the forms but when I opened the front end the tables where still there (linked though) and I could edit and look at them. I assume this is normal so how can I prevent users from seeing the tables. Do I just set them to hidden? Thanks.
I have a DB that I just distribute a shortcut to a front end on a network location. Then when I update the front end I delete the old one and give the new one the same name as the old one, so everyone's shortcut still works, but the FE has changed.
I haven't seen anyone else do this, which makes me nervous. Can you see any potential problems with this strategy?
