[AccessD] Dropbox for Access distribution

I have three clients using Dropbox.  For various reasons they are all
different.  They all set up a shared Dropbox folder on one of their
computers, which I can access from my computer.

Client 1. Their folder is just used as a convenient drop.  I copy a
new version of the FE to the shared folder, notify them,  and they
install it manually on their network.
Client 2.  Windows Server.  I copy the new version of the FE to my
shared folder and when a client machine opens the FE it checks for a
new version and installs it automatically.  This works very well
except for the odd time when Access goes corrupt and everyone gets a
bad version (happened this morning)!
Client 3.  Linux based file server.  I tried to automate installation
similar to Client 2, but had permissions problems with the file server
(their network guy was no help) and it won't let me auto-copy files
from the shared folder on the client computer.  So installs are done
manually.

Doug


On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 10:55 AM, Jim Lawrence <accessd at shaw.ca> wrote:
> Interesting. Keep me posted.
>
> Jim
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> Subject: [AccessD] Dropbox for Access distribution
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> Has anyone tried using Dropbox to distribute Access FEs or libraries to
> remote clients?
>
> It seems like one could set up a dropbox directory on the remote machine and
> a batch file or other
> system which copies the files to the run location and then opens the
> database.  Similar to what I do
> on a network where the batch file copies from the server to the run
> location.
>
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