[AccessD] One Accdr (front end) for each User's PC or Share theAccdr file on the File Server

Hi Brad, just to stir the consensus ...

You can easily and safely share a front end. 
The trick is to set the read-only flag on the .accdr file itself.

That will:

1. Block any writing to the FE.
2. Force temp tables to be created in the users local temp folder.
3. Network performance will be as it could be.
4. Prohibit any kind of corruption of the FE.

The advantage is, that you don't need any install on the workstations except, perhaps, providing a shortcut.

That said, we normally use the local-front-end-install as most others do, mainly because of the option for easy updates it provides.


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Fra: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com [mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] På vegne af Jim Dettman
Sendt: 20. oktober 2014 23:42
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Emne: Re: [AccessD] One Accdr (front end) for each User's PC or Share theAccdr file on the File Server


Yes, because:

1. Some writing does occur on the FE.

2. Temp tables become an issue to be dealt with.

3. Network performance is not as it could be.

Jim. 

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[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com] On Behalf Of Brad Marks
Sent: Monday, October 20, 2014 05:27 PM
To: Access Developers discussion and problem solving
Subject: Re: [AccessD] One Accdr (front end) for each User's PC or Share theAccdr file on the File Server

All,

I would like to clarify my question a bit.

Currently, the data is stored in an Access "Back End" accdb file.

Updates to this "Back End" are done at night when no one is using the Inquiry system.

Currently the "Front End" is an ACCDR file that is stored on a file server.

The ACCDR Front-End is a simple "Inquiry" system that will never update the data stored in Back-End.

Instead of creating the ACCDR Front-End file on each user's PC, I simply put an icon on each user's desktop.  This icon points at the ACCDR Front-End that is stored on a file server 


Will I run into problems with this approach?  In the past, I have always provided each user with their own copy of Access front-ends.  I wonder if this is really necessary when an Front-End is "Inquiry Only".

Thanks,
Brad