Steve Schapel
miscellany at mvps.org
Sat Nov 17 20:30:16 CST 2007
John, If you want your users to be able to use the database via a browser, then you would need to move away from the Access application for this purpose. The Access application could still be deployed on the local network, but for the web functionality you would need to have the server set up as a web server, and write a separate front-end application using a web technology such as ASP.Net or SharePoint (being the two most likely candidates). However, in the scenario you have described, it would be a lot cheaper and easier to have your teleworking users to use their existing Access frontend remotely. It may be possible, depending on your local network setup, to simply enable an RDP connection to their PCs. Otherwise, an option would be to dedicate a machine for the purpose, and install WinConnect Server, which allows up to 21 remote connections to a Windows XP or Small Business Server machine. I use this myself, to good effect. Regards Steve -- Steve Schapel, Microsoft Access MVP John Eget wrote: > Steve > > The application would be restricted to a specific set of users thru a > security login. The most users at anyone time would be around 20 or so. We > are using a split database (backend on server and front end on individual > PCs) and my management would like users that are teleworking to login and > add/edit records of their activities >