[AccessD] Dropbox for Access distribution

Earth or Venusian  full moon? Oh yeah Venus has no moon. Nevermind the
question!

I sure like these explanations tho. How well received are they with client
nunber 2?
On Sep 12, 2012 3:27 PM, "Doug Steele" <dbdoug at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Wed, Sep 12, 2012 at 12:06 PM, Brad Marks <BradM at blackforestltd.com>
> wrote:
> > Doug,
> >
> > In your note about Client 2, you mentioned "This works very well except
> > for the odd time when Access goes corrupt"
> I would like to learn more about this issue of "going corrupt".
>
> 1. What causes it?
>    Random fluctuations in the magnetic field of Venus.
> 2. How to fix it?
>   If a decompile/recompile doesn't work, pray that you have a backup
> and can re-create your latest changes.
> 3. What can be done to prevent it?
>   Swing a lizard around your head three times during a full moon.
> Unfortunately, this only protects you for 2 minutes.
>
> Sorry, couldn't resist.  If you could answer questions 1 and 3 you
> would get rich very quickly.
>
> Doug
>
>
>
> > I would like to learn more about this issue of "going corrupt".
> >
> > What causes it?
> >
> > How to fix it?
> >
> > What can be done to prevent it?
> >
> > Etc.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Brad
> >
> >
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> > [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Doug Steele
> > Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 1:25 PM
> > To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> > Subject: Re: [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
> >>
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
> >> [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of jwcolby
> >> Sent: Wednesday, September 12, 2012 10:19 AM
> >> To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
> >> Subject: [AccessD] Dropbox for Access distribution
> >>
> >> 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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> >> John W. Colby
> >> Colby Consulting
> >>
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> >> when you do not believe in it
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