Doug Steele
dbdoug at gmail.com
Thu Sep 13 15:09:05 CDT 2012
All my clients are quite familiar with my use of the 'swing a lizard around your head' technique. In sounds better than 'Just a minute while I whip out my magic wand'. And it's less likely to be misinterpreted. Doug On Thu, Sep 13, 2012 at 1:00 PM, William Benson <vbacreations at gmail.com>wrote: > 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. > > >> > > >> -- > > >> John W. 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