How to use offline folders for Access databases

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I'm using offline folders (Windows XP SP2, Office XP SP3). I don't have any
problems with Excel or Word but get "unable to use offline folders" each time
I try to synch databases. Is it imposible to use offline folders with Access
or is it a matter of databases settings (such as sharing ?) ?

Thanks a lot for your help !
Aline

 

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Hi, Aline.

I don't have any
problems with Excel or Word but get "unable to use offline folders" each time
I try to synch databases.

You're attempting to sync a database replica using Windows XP's offline
folders? (Or is the database not even replicated, but you'd still like to
synchronize two versions of the database file?) This won't work with an
Access database file, because a database file is handled in a very different
way than an Excel spreadsheet or Word document. A database needs a database
engine to update data in the file to prevent data corruption and file
corruption.

Is it imposible to use offline folders with Access
or is it a matter of databases settings (such as sharing ?) ?

It's not possible. (Thank heavens!)

Only a database engine can safely handle the conflict-resolution of a
replicated database during synchronization. Windows XP is not a database
engine.

HTH.

Gunny

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