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Workgroup file Access 2003

Author
24 Feb 2009 11:26 AM
Lilian
Hi,
I did my database in Access 2003, splitted it and applyed worgroup file
security. Connection to the server works perfectly  but worgroup file
disappeared when i'm tryed to copy to other computers works only in my. How
to do so that shortcut icon can be seen in other computers ?. I tryed to copy
from my doesn't work.

Will be very appreciated for any help
Best regars,
Lilian

Author
24 Feb 2009 11:56 AM
Keith Wilby
"Lilian" <Lil***@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:DF2A3039-8430-440D-BBA5-26B4596E3F7A@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> I did my database in Access 2003, splitted it and applyed worgroup file
> security. Connection to the server works perfectly  but worgroup file
> disappeared when i'm tryed to copy to other computers works only in my.
> How
> to do so that shortcut icon can be seen in other computers ?. I tryed to
> copy
> from my doesn't work.
>

The workgroup file should be on the server, typically in the same folder as
the back-end file.  Your shortcut should be in the form

"full path to MSACCESS.exe" "full path to your FE file.mdb " /wrkgrp "full
path to your workgroup file.mdw"

including the quotation marks.

Keith.
www.keithwilby.co.uk