Wanted: Simple VB.NET "WEB" Application with an Access Database

[samadams_2006]

I'm trying to get a simple VB.NET "Web Application" (not a regular
application) to work with an Access Database. Seems simple enough, but
I cannot seem to get it working. If anyone has a simple example that
they can send me it would be very much appreciated. Drop me an email
at: (e-mail address removed)

Thanks...

 

[Guest]

I'm trying to get a simple VB.NET "Web Application" (not a regular
application) to work with an Access Database. Seems simple enough, but
I cannot seem to get it working. If anyone has a simple example that
they can send me it would be very much appreciated. Drop me an email
at: (e-mail address removed)

Thanks...

Do you mean a .NET web service?

First, download the Web Services Toolkit for Microsoft Offfice, a piece
of software that is no longer supported by Microsoft.

Then, create a web service in Visual Studio. Then, in Access, add a
"Web Reference." This will create a local proxy class that can access
the web service.

Info on how to do all of this:
http://metrix.fcny.org:9999/confluence/x/Rx0

 

[Guest]

Oh, I realize now that you probably meant you wanted an Access database
to be the *backend* not the front end.

If this is the case, as you say, it really shouldn't be too hard to set
this up. The simplest thing is probably to just use one of the wizards
to make a connection string to the Access database, and proceed as
usual with a data adapter.