anonymous replication problem

I am trying to set up following scenario:

SQL2000SP3 merge replication, Linked server with an MS Access database as
Subscriber.

Clients are using vb.net App as front end.

I released the publication and enabled MS Jet 4.0 database as linked server
in SQL Enterprise Manager.

Publication properties as follow: Allow Pull= checked, allow anonymous
subscriptions= checked,

And Allow new subscriptions to be created by attaching a copy.... =checked,

And finally allow subscribers to synchronize with other partners then the
publisher = checked.



I am able to create the MS Access database, and replicate data between SQL
server and the first subscriber(masterdesign), but I am not able to create a
new Access client from the masterdesign Access database. All "replication"
buttons in Access are dimmed except the "replicate" button.

As I understood the setting" And Allow new subscriptions to be created by
attaching a copy"

, it should be possible to just make a replica of the masterDesign and
replicate that with any child replica.

If I make a copy of the Access database and rename it, and try to replicate
with the MasterDesign, I get an error saying:

"The replica name or Id does not match a currently managed member of the
replica set"



Is it all possible to do what I want to do, or are there some permission
issues involved?



Reason for not using MSDE subscribers, is that some of the clients has do
some translation tasks directly in the database, and they are familiar with
the Access UI.



JensB


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