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October 31, 2008 at 08:29 AM
ahopkins

Thin clients with access frontend/backend

by ahopkins . Updated 17 years, 8 months ago

Hi Folks, I hope you are enjoying Halloween?

Hopefully, you can help me out with an access question?

I?m trying to implement an Access 2003 database, Materials.mdb on thin client pc?s out on the shop floor. The current Material.mdb is an access front end linked to 3 supporting access.mdb?s.

The access frontend, Materials.mdb in a shared directory on a Windows 2003 server that has terminal services configured.

In the linked table manager there are 3 databases connected.
MaterialsData2000.mdb
Utilities.mdb
VersionMaster.mdb
These 3 files are in the same directory as the frontend.

When I mount the shared directory on my pc, I can execute the Materials.mdb
Application, and enjoy full functionality.

I?d like to be able to use thin client pc?s to use Materials.mdb.

When I log on using a thin client pc with terminal services or through remote desktop manager and attempt to execute Materials.mdb, I get an error message pops up ?Could not find file ?E:\MaterialData2000.mdb?

This does not make sense to me, because I can mount the shared drive on any pc
and Materials.mdb works fine, it?s when I attempt to use terminal services that I get this error. Got a recommendation on how I can use Materials.mdb on thin clients?

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