Link to Access Database

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I read an old post from a couple months ago talking about access links not
working. I'm having the same problem. People offering advice suggested that
the only way to get an Access database to work from a webpage is to control
it through ASP.NET. Is that correct? I have a database called RI.mdb. All
I simply want is to create a hyperlink on my intranet such that when I click
on the control, it opens up RI.mdb in Access. I am not looking for anything
to open up within Internet Explorer or my webpage whatsoever. I simply want
the RI.mdb to open up in access just as if I took the path to the link and
manually double clicked on the RI.mdb file. When clicking the link now,
Access Opens up, I get a couple security questions asking if I really want to
open the file, I choose yes and EVERYTHING goes away. No database, No
nothin. Is the ASP.NET(whatever that is) the only option? If so, where do I
get it and what do I do with it?

Kent
 
You can not open Access from a browser
You can only access Access DB content from the browser using server side code (ASP)

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|I read an old post from a couple months ago talking about access links not
| working. I'm having the same problem. People offering advice suggested that
| the only way to get an Access database to work from a webpage is to control
| it through ASP.NET. Is that correct? I have a database called RI.mdb. All
| I simply want is to create a hyperlink on my intranet such that when I click
| on the control, it opens up RI.mdb in Access. I am not looking for anything
| to open up within Internet Explorer or my webpage whatsoever. I simply want
| the RI.mdb to open up in access just as if I took the path to the link and
| manually double clicked on the RI.mdb file. When clicking the link now,
| Access Opens up, I get a couple security questions asking if I really want to
| open the file, I choose yes and EVERYTHING goes away. No database, No
| nothin. Is the ASP.NET(whatever that is) the only option? If so, where do I
| get it and what do I do with it?
|
| Kent
 
Hmm. Thanks for the tip. This access db took weeks to figure out, only to
find out I'm running into new problems around every corner. I thought a link
that pointed to a file was identical to simply clicking on the file itself.
I guess not.

So what is server side code ASP? Hopefully the basics is all I need. Is it
something that resides on a server or attached to my access file? What if my
access file doesn't reside on a server but a shared drive?
 
Hi Kent
Try saving it as a zip file then saving the zip to the server you can then
link to it as usual and the person can then unzip it and veiw it in access
Paul M
Kent said:
Hmm. Thanks for the tip. This access db took weeks to figure out, only
to
find out I'm running into new problems around every corner. I thought a
link
that pointed to a file was identical to simply clicking on the file
itself.
I guess not.

So what is server side code ASP? Hopefully the basics is all I need. Is
it
something that resides on a server or attached to my access file? What if
my
access file doesn't reside on a server but a shared drive?


Stefan B Rusynko said:
You can not open Access from a browser
You can only access Access DB content from the browser using server side
code (ASP)

--

_____________________________________________
SBR @ ENJOY (-: [ Microsoft MVP - FrontPage ]
"Warning - Using the F1 Key will not break anything!" (-;
To find the best Newsgroup for FrontPage support see:
http://www.frontpagemvps.com/FrontPageNewsGroups/tabid/53/Default.aspx
_____________________________________________


|I read an old post from a couple months ago talking about access links
not
| working. I'm having the same problem. People offering advice
suggested that
| the only way to get an Access database to work from a webpage is to
control
| it through ASP.NET. Is that correct? I have a database called RI.mdb.
All
| I simply want is to create a hyperlink on my intranet such that when I
click
| on the control, it opens up RI.mdb in Access. I am not looking for
anything
| to open up within Internet Explorer or my webpage whatsoever. I simply
want
| the RI.mdb to open up in access just as if I took the path to the link
and
| manually double clicked on the RI.mdb file. When clicking the link
now,
| Access Opens up, I get a couple security questions asking if I really
want to
| open the file, I choose yes and EVERYTHING goes away. No database, No
| nothin. Is the ASP.NET(whatever that is) the only option? If so,
where do I
| get it and what do I do with it?
|
| Kent
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