Re: Can Access handle this configuration, or do I need SQL Server?

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From: Douglas J. Steele (NOSPAM_djsteele_at_NOSPAM_canada.com)
Date: 02/19/05 

Date: Sat, 19 Feb 2005 15:29:36 -0500

"Paul Ponzelli" <pponzelliREMOVE@ANTISPAMsurewest.net> wrote in message
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>
>> For the first question, Tony Toews offers a free utility "AutoFE" (FE:
>> Front-End) that you can use in TS/Citrix that automatically create /
>> update
>> a separate copy of the database for each user and then open this copy.
>
> Thanks for your reply, Van. However, this thread isn't about setting up a
> local copy of the front end in a client-server environment (which is what
> Tony's solution addresses). This conversation is about using a thin
> client app like TS so the client can view and control the front end that's
> on the server or the server's local network. The idea is to avoid slow
> transmission rates over a wide area network.

Actually, even with TS each user should have his/her own copy of the
front-end, and I believe Tony's utility facilitates that. 

-- 
Doug Steele, Microsoft Access MVP
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