Tortise
tortise at paradise.net.nz
Thu Dec 4 13:36:26 CST 2003
mm Martin could you please confirm your Access and OS versions? Is it reliable? From what you've said it is 50% reliable. Kind regards, Dr David Hingston Director Chequers Software Limited Wellington, New Zealand. www.cheqsoft.com Crafters of: Break Reminder - For safe and efficient PC use - www.breakreminder.com TimesOwn - International Time Zone Calculator a click away - http://www.cheqsoft.com/timesown.html Clipboard Express - Cut and paste storage and web form filler - http://www.cheqsoft.com/clipboard.html MP3Detective - MP3 Player manager - http://www.cheqsoft.com/mp3detective.html Engines2Go = E2Go Fast and friendly Internet searching - have you tried it? http://www.E2Go.com/ ----- Original Message ----- From: Martin Reid To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 8:06 AM Subject: Re: [AccessD] AccessXP and Server 2003 My first reply to this was that it was the same here and it was. I then did it again and it worked fine. Two instances of Access open running the same copy of the database. Martin On Dec 4 2003, Tortise wrote: > I am finding I can only open one instance of particular A2K databases in > W2003ES and Access 2003. Whether this is the same problem is unclear, > however if anyone has any tips how to allow multiple (same) versions of a > database to open on the same desktop I'd be grateful. Failing that I am > going to have to code multiple same forms open in the database, although > this looks like it might be a little easier to do then when I last had a > go....(Reference: info on Microsoft how to do this and a working example > there also) I also find the shortcuts keys are unreliable in this > environment. (e.g. Ctrl-Alt-Q, Ctrl-Alt-J on desktop shortcuts) They seem > to get confused between different version of access open.... I am not > sure which is the culprit either! (W2003ES or A2k3?) > > Kind regards, Dr David Hingston Director Chequers Software Limited > Wellington, New Zealand. www.cheqsoft.com Crafters of: Break Reminder - > For safe and efficient PC use - www.breakreminder.com TimesOwn - > International Time Zone Calculator a click away - > http://www.cheqsoft.com/timesown.html Clipboard Express - Cut and paste > storage and web form filler - http://www.cheqsoft.com/clipboard.html > MP3Detective - MP3 Player manager - > http://www.cheqsoft.com/mp3detective.html Engines2Go = E2Go Fast and > friendly Internet searching - have you tried it? http://www.E2Go.com/ > ----- Original Message ----- > From: Charlotte Foust > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Sent: Friday, December 05, 2003 5:32 AM > Subject: RE: [AccessD] AccessXP and Server 2003 > > > You question says Windows 2000 servers but your subject line says > Server 2003. Which one are you asking about? > > Charlotte Foust > > -----Original Message----- > From: paul.hartland at fsmail.net [mailto:paul.hartland at fsmail.net] > Sent: Thursday, December 04, 2003 3:12 AM > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving > Subject: Re: [AccessD] AccessXP and Server 2003 > > > Has anyone encountered any problems running Win XP Professional & > Office XP on desktops with Windows 2000 servers ? > > > > > > Message date : Dec 03 2003, 02:36 PM > >From : Perry Harold > To : 'Access Developers discussion and problem solving' > Copy to : > Subject : [AccessD] AccessXP and Server 2003 > Has anyone had any problems with users being able to open a .mdb after > moving the database to Windows Server 2003? I have set the permissions > for both the folders and the database for full control individually for > each of the 5 users involved. Three are able to use the database but two > can't. Unless I missed an intermediate step each user was set up exactly > the same way. > > Using my VB6 application the error is "Could not use "; file in use". > Opening with AccessXP "Could not lock file" > > > The database was on a NT 4.0 server before and there was no problem in > the connection being made and multiple users were no problem. > > The resident drive was mapped on the NT box and is mapped the same way > on the 2003 box. > > Any suggestions are welcomed. > > Perry Harold > > > _______________________________________________ > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > Freeserve AnyTime - HALF PRICE for the first 3 months - Save £7.50 a > month > www.freeserve.com/anytime > _______________________________________________ > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > _______________________________________________ > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > _______________________________________________ > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > -- Martin WP Reid Analyst Information Services Queens University Belfast _______________________________________________ AccessD mailing list AccessD at databaseadvisors.com http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com