Gary Kjos
garykjos at gmail.com
Tue May 21 13:34:17 CDT 2013
So John Clark, did you get this fixed? GK On Thu, May 16, 2013 at 1:13 PM, John Clark <John.Clark at niagaracounty.com>wrote: > There is probably actually two question here. One I want to confirm > something w/y'all, and then a 2nd is just something different that I am > seeing...or actually not seeing... > > First, I wrote this program probably 13-14 yrs ago, which our Hotline > people use to track "clients." Hotline is the line you call when you're > looking to do harm to yourself and others, and you are smart enough to ask > for help first, so its been used 24 hrs/day, 7 days/wk, for all these > years. I've tweaked a couple of things and made it work w/a couple > different versions over the years, but now, for the first time, they are > having the issue of only one person being able to use it at once. > > I was really just picking up Access at the time I wrote this, so I think I > just didn't have the whole "Front-End/Back-End" thing down. And, since then > I've just had the attitude, "if it ain't broke..." and have just left it > alone. > > But, they have two operators and they want them both using it. I told > them, "It really wasn't designed for simultaneous use by multiple people. I > know it DID work, but to be honest THAT is what the anomaly was, and not > that it won't work now." I've explained to them that I can, relatively > easily, make this a mutli-user program, and it would be relatively quick. > > I just wanted to pick the brains of this group first though. Basically, I > want to know the same thing they do...I just don't have an answer for > them...WHY did this work, as a single MDB, for all these years, and now it > just stops? > > And here is question 2...I remoted into the 2nd user's PC and I had user 1 > start the program. When I try to run it, not only will it not run, but it > is the first time I've ever gotten NO response...no errors...nothing...like > I'm clicking on a dead icon. I tried to run it right from the directory, > taking the shortcut out of the mix and nothing. As soon as user 1 exits the > program, I can enter normally again. > > I have always gotten an error when trying to run a program somebody is > already in, and never received no feedback at all. What gives here? > > Notice: This electronic transmission is intended for the sole use of the > individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain confidential, > privileged or otherwise legally protected information. If you are not the > intended recipient, or if you believe you are not the intended recipient, > you are hereby notified that any use, disclosure, copying, distribution, or > the taking of any action in reliance on the contents of this information, > is strictly prohibited. Niagara County is not responsible for the content > of any external hyperlink referenced in this email or any email. > IF YOU HAVE RECEIVED THIS TRANSMISSION IN ERROR, PLEASE NOTIFY THE SENDER > IMMEDIATELY BY EMAIL AND DELETE THE ORIGINAL MESSAGE ALONG WITH ANY PAPER > OR ELECTRONIC COPIES. > Thank you for your cooperation. > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > -- Gary Kjos garykjos at gmail.com