Running MDE from server

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Does anybody know of problems with users (8) running the
Code MDE and the data MDB from the server?

Thanks
 
There is a much greater likelihood of corrupting your database if you leave
the .mde file on the server rather than putting it on each user's machine.
Also, response times may be slower due to having to pull the forms and
reports over the network.
 
Ctaylor said:
Does anybody know of problems with users (8) running the
Code MDE and the data MDB from the server?
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Sharing an MDE may work for a while or you may have corruption
problems and other oddities very soon.

I specifically created the Auto FE Updater utility so that I could
make changes to the FE MDE as often as I wanted and be quite confident
that the next time someone went to run the app that it would pull in
the latest version. For more info on the errors or the Auto FE
Updater utility see the free Auto FE Updater utility at
http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/autofe.htm at my website to keep the
FE on each PC up to date.

In a Terminal Server or Citrix environment the Auto FE Updater now
supports creating a directory named after the user on a server. Given
a choice put the FE on the Citrix server to reduce network traffic and
to avoid having to load objects over the network which can be somewhat
sluggish.

Tony
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