BE/FE

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Antonio

Hello, all. I split my database on a network share. Is
there something I have to do to distribute the FE
application to my users? Or do I have to just create a
shortcut to the mdb file on all the machines? Thanks
 
Gary,

So, I just copy the BE file to their computer? Is there a
way to distribute the file when they log onto the network?

Antonio
 
No, not the BE. You want to copy the Front End to the local computers, leave
the Back End with the tables on a server or computer that all can access and
then link the local Front Ends to the common Back End. You will have many
FE's but only one BE.

There are some examples of automation code to check the Front End versions
against a commonly stored Front End and then copy it out if there is a newer
version. I don't have an example handy, but if you do a new post just asking
for an example, I am sure someone will know where to find one.

Gary Miller
 
I meant to say FE.
-----Original Message-----
No, not the BE. You want to copy the Front End to the local computers, leave
the Back End with the tables on a server or computer that all can access and
then link the local Front Ends to the common Back End. You will have many
FE's but only one BE.

There are some examples of automation code to check the Front End versions
against a commonly stored Front End and then copy it out if there is a newer
version. I don't have an example handy, but if you do a new post just asking
for an example, I am sure someone will know where to find one.

Gary Miller




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Antonio said:
So, I just copy the BE file to their computer? Is there a
way to distribute the file when they log onto the network?
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I specifically created the Auto FE Updater utility so that I could
make changes to the FE MDE as often as I wanted and be quite confident
that the next time someone went to run the app that it would pull in
the latest version. For more info on the errors or the utillity see
the free Auto FE Updater utility at
http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/autofe.htm at my website to keep the
FE on each PC up to date.

Tony
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Thanks, Tony.

And after I made changes to the FE, do I have to install
this utility on all the computers?

Antonio
 
Antonio said:
And after I made changes to the FE, do I have to install
this utility on all the computers?
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You only need to install this utility once. And then it automatically
copies down a new FE whenever the user starts it up.

Tony
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Ok...let me see if I understand....
I install this utility on the server? Then I have to
create a batch file on the client machines to run it?

Antonio
 
Antonio said:
Ok...let me see if I understand....
I install this utility on the server?
Yes.

Then I have to
create a batch file on the client machines to run it?
Click to expand...

No. It places a shortcut on the users desktop which they just click
on to see if there's a new version of the FE to download.

Tony
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