Re: To use a file on another computer, must I copy it first?

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From: Don P. (DonP_at_discussions.microsoft.com)
Date: 11/10/04 

Date: Tue, 9 Nov 2004 16:18:02 -0800

"Hans-Georg Michna" wrote:
.> One possible exception is that two programs cannot modify the
> same file at the same time unless they are specifically designed
> to do so. (Access can do it, for example, but other Office
> programs cannot.)
>
> Hans-Georg

Then let me put it another way. Can two people, using the same program from
two networked computers, add to or update a single, common data base when
both people are operating at once? In other words, does Windows "lock" by
record, as opposed to locking by file?

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