[AccessD] Is This A Problem?

William:

Fortunately I have built a file management system in Access that allows 
display of files in several folders and combinations of server and local 
drives combined in a single list with enhanced filtering and search tools.  
It excludes files (.pee files have ancilliary .pwt files that cannot be 
launched so I don't display them, certain sub folders with the same name as 
the .pee file and the 68 additional files representing tables for each and 
every .pee file) that users are far better off not ever seeing, synchronizes 
versions between local and server files automatically and otherwise allows 
me to do anything I damn well please within folders to which I and my users 
have rights.  Although users can't change the extensions, I display them and 
allow them to filter/sort on extension and I have my own VBA tools that have 
resolved every file system obstacle.  I've had all this in place long before 
the upgrade to 2003 Server resulted in the file extension rights revision.

These people exist for my amusement.  Yesterday I was given a laptop to 
install their VPN software.  Double clicking the install file on the CD 
results in the message 'Operation disabled due to security 
restrictions....'.  Copy the folder to the local drive, change the .exe to 
.com and let her rip.  These guys aren't Nazis or neo-Nazis, they are 
neophyte-Nazis.  Not only that, my boss is now a president and it is his 
division that is my bailiwick.

Ciao
Jürgen Welz
Edmonton, Alberta
jwelz at hotmail.com





>From: "William Hindman" <wdhindman at bellsouth.net>
>
>"It's all coming back to me now." Jurgen
>
>...hope you got enough moola to make living under the Nazis worth while 
>...I
>flat can't imagine working in an environment where I couldn't read the file
>extension ...its simply nuts to me :(
>
>...I change Access file extensions all the time without problems, mostly to
>make it easier to id which files go with which apps ...but I've also found
>it helps to get my apps by the security/av scanners without disabling
>security on user created mdbs ...Access doesn't care what you name the
>extension as long as you manage the OS file association problems.
>
>William