[AccessD] Access XP Developer and replication manager

I have been involved with A97 replication for a number of years.  While 
definitely not an expert, I have tried a number of methods.  In all cases I 
distributed a runtime version of Access.  I found that internet 
synchronization was a disaster because of lack of security on the server 
(it needed anonymous user access which meant that anyone could get in - and 
did!).

Now I use dial up connections and indirect synchronization.  I distribute 
replication manager as part of the installation and once it is configured 
on the users machines they are (mostly) able to follow the simple 
synchronization process using it.

I am not sure about XP but would be pretty certain that it would be 
distributable as well.

David Emerson
Dalyn Software Ltd
New Zealand

At 20/03/2003, you wrote:
>No, I haven't.  When I've used replication, I didn't try to do it on a 
>schedule because I had no control over the users' 
>schedules.  Procedurally, our users were instructed to sync their replica 
>at the beginning of each session to get the latest updates and at the end 
>of a session to upload their own changes.  You could set up code to sync 
>the database when they opened it, but there is at least a slight delay 
>involved with that.
>
>Charlotte Foust
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Doug Murphy [mailto:doug at murphyscreativity.com]
>Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 1:36 PM
>To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
>Subject: RE: [AccessD] Access XP Developer and replication manager
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>Charlotte,
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>Thank you.  I guess my ignorance is going to show here but that is how I 
>learn, sometimes.  My objective, I think, is to have the replication 
>manager on the users system so I can set up the replicas on the various 
>computers and set up the synchronization schedule.  From what I understand 
>if I use the Access menu I can make the replicas and put them on the 
>various computers but I can not get automatic synchronization, or indirect 
>synchronization.  It seems like a real waste to put the full developer 
>edition on a computer just to get the replication manager tool, but this 
>is a MS product.
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> From the ADH it looks like I could do everything through use of the Jet 
> Replication Object and some code, but I was looking for a user friendly 
> way of doing this.  Have you had any experience with managing 
> synchronization this way?
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>Doug
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>-----Original Message-----
>From: accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com 
>[mailto:accessd-admin at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Charlotte Foust
>Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 12:57 PM
>To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
>Subject: RE: [AccessD] Access XP Developer and replication manager
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>Replication manager is an administrative tool, not an end user tool.  The 
>users of your app will be able to synchronize without any kind of 
>replication manager because replicas have the capability of synchronizing 
>built in.
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>Charlotte Foust
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: Doug Murphy [mailto:doug at murphyscreativity.com]
>Sent: Thursday, March 20, 2003 12:54 PM
>To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
>Subject: [AccessD] Access XP Developer and replication manager
>
>Hi List,
>
>I have what seem like a simple question but I don't seem to be able to 
>find the answer.  I have Office XP Developer.  I am looking at the use of 
>replication to keep several users synchronized on a really slow network 
>plus be able to synchronize lap tops when they dial in.  I got interested 
>in this method after reading Arthur Fuller's article in "Inside Microsoft 
>Access", March edition.  I also read the chapter in the ADH on replication 
>to get additional information.  What I have been trying to determine is 
>can I distribute the Replication Manager tool that comes with the 
>Developer Edition with my database.  It seems like this is the easiest way 
>to set up the replication and synchronization schedule on the users 
>system.  I found an article on the web for access 97 that seems to 
>indicate that Replication Manager is distributable but nothing on XP and 
>have found nothing in any of my XP literature of help files.
>
>Has anyone had experience with this tool and been able to distribute it or 
>does the user need to have the MOD on their machine?
>
>Thanks in advance for your assistance.
>
>Doug
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