[AccessD] "Faked" replication

Hi David,

I tried to find information on using a dial up connection for
replication but did not find anything helpfull.  The project I was
bidding on did not pan out but I would still like to find out how to do
it.  How do you set up the dial in connections to allow replication?

Doug




-----Original Message-----
From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of David Emerson
Sent: Thursday, December 18, 2003 10:48 AM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] "Faked" replication


Steve,

Have you considered indirect synchronization using dial up instead of
the 
web?  Same procedure but I know it works because I have been doing it
with 
a company for over two years now.  There is information in the Microsoft

replication white papers.

Also, the four step process is done automatically by replication 
manager.  All the user sees is that the synchronization is taking place.

Regards

David Emerson
Dalyn Software Ltd
25 Cunliffe St, Churton Park
Wellington, New Zealand
Ph/Fax (877) 456-1205

At 18/12/2003, you wrote:
>Martin,
> >> 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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