[AccessD] Office on a server - where did it go?

...hhhhmmm ...I use it pretty regularly ...an apple a day type thing ...and 
having it as a shortcut just makes it that more usable.

William

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From: "Rocky Smolin" <rockysmolin at bchacc.com>
Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 9:14 AM
To: "'Access Developers discussion and problem solving'" 
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Subject: Re: [AccessD] Office on a server - where did it go?

> I've always just found mine in the 'Start-->Run' list.  But I don't find
> that I need it often enough to shortcut it.
>
> Rocky
>
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> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of William Hindman
> Sent: Wednesday, June 03, 2009 4:38 AM
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> "I just set up a decompile shortcut in every machine I do development, 
> kind
> of as a standard thing.  There if I need it. " jc
>
> ...I always assumed everyone did that.
>
> William
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> From: "jwcolby" <jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 9:03 PM
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> Subject: Re: [AccessD] Office on a server - where did it go?
>
>> > Why do you need to do decompile (just curious).
>>
>> Decompile is a tool that, when you need it there is no substitute.  I
>> am amazed that you have apparently never used it?  I just set up a
>> decompile shortcut in every machine I do development, kind of as a
>> standard thing.  There if I need it.  I cannot count the times that it
>> has solved problems in the last 10 years.
>>
>> > Can you copy the FE to your machine, decompile, and replace?
>>
>> The server at their office is "my machine" unless you mean my machine
>> at my office, in which case yes I could but it is clumsy, and slow.
>>
>> John W. Colby
>> www.ColbyConsulting.com
>>
>>
>> Rocky Smolin wrote:
>>> Why do you need to do decompile (just curious).
>>>
>>> Can you copy the FE to your machine, decompile, and replace?
>>>
>>> Rocky
>>>
>>>
>>> -----Original Message-----
>>> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>>> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
>>> Sent: Tuesday, June 02, 2009 5:36 PM
>>> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
>>> Subject: [AccessD] Office on a server - where did it go?
>>>
>>> One client has a server running Windows 2003 and SQL Server as a BE
>>> to various Access FEs.  I was brought back in to this client because
>>> the company that did the conversion from Access BE to SQL Server was
>>> not doing what they said they would do.  Anyway...
>>>
>>> I use VPN and remote desktop to remote in to the server.  It is my
>>> dev machine simply because they do not have another machine to set me up
> on.
>>>
>>> My problem is that they installed Office on this thing (I guess), or
>>> at least I can use office on this thing but I cannot FIND the actual
>>> office install.  In order to get a /decompile going I need to use a
>>> shortcut to the actual Access EXE and then use the /Decompile switch.
>>> Or at least that is how I know to do it.
>>>
>>> Since I cannot find the exe on the machine I am unable to do this.
>>> Needless
>>> to say, Decompile is rather important.
>>>
>>> I think what is going on is that the office was made part of a domain
>>> that exists at another office.
>>>   As such I am guessing that my user is "virtual" or whatever you
>>> call it, and thus it can use office even though it is actually
>>> installed somewhere else, probably in that other office.
>>>
>>> Has anyone ever run into this?
>>>
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