[AccessD] "Faked" replication

IIS is part of XP Pro. Dosnt install as default and you are limited in the
number of "real" web sites you can create.

Not sure about FTP sites with it but Arthur may know how that end of it
works.

No experience of FTP drop boxes as such so can offer little help there.

Did you get the of list email I sent you this morning?


Martin


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steven W. Erbach" <serbach at new.rr.com>
To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving"
<accessd at databaseadvisors.com>
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 4:14 PM
Subject: Re: [AccessD] "Faked" replication


> Martin,
>
> >> If the client has Win XP Pro then they have an IIS system there. <<
>
> Alas! Alackaday! They have Win XP Home because it's cheaper. But I could
persuade him to buy one copy of Pro if, indeed, what you say about IIS is
true.
>
> >> FTP drop boxes? Are these folders on the IIS that the users would use
to
> work with DBs? <<
>
> Yes. In my painful journey through the intricacies of Indirect
Synchronization, I've found that it's a four-step process: 1) User 1 uploads
changes to his replica to Drop Box 1 on an IIS Server; 2) User 2 downloads
from Drop Box 1 and merges changes with his replica; 3) User 2 now uploads
his own changes to Drop Box 2; 4) User 1 downloads changes from Drop Box 2
and merges with his replica.
>
> In my initial, incomplete understanding of Indirect Synchronization I
thought that one could simply set up your garden variety FTP folders any old
place on the web, just so that each user had a different folder. The bane of
my existence has been that Replication Manager will not accept the address
of an FTP folder on the web as a valid location for a Drop Box. There are
still some other details I'm fuzzy on. This whole experience has been fuzzy
and frustrating.
>
> Regards,
>
> Steve Erbach
> Scientific Marketing
> Neenah, WI
> 920-969-0504
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