Get Server To Contact Users??

[Elliott3]

Hi,
Is there a way that I can get the server to contact a users computer on a network?

I would have an app running on a network with say 6 people using it. It would be ASP and Access. All 6 users will have the window open on their desktops. When the database on the server is updated (has a record added or edited) by one of the 6 users, I need to some how update the windows on the other 5 users computer with the new information.

Let me know if I need to clearify. Any ideas at all?

CES

 

[ChrisHirst]

duplicate post with thread333-973866

decide which one to keep and RF the other.

and the only way to do this from the server would be to have a java servlet running. Failing that it would need to use meta refresh or a javascript refresh client side forum216.



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[onpnt]

I'm not sure if access has the power to do it but I know real server databses do. if you need access and it can't tell who has a field locked/open or whatever the case then you could create a simple table to insert the users names and machine id's on log in and delete them from clean up on log out.

when the user causes a change to the tables you can then trigger a event to send a NET SEND (in the simple form of notification) to the machine gained by the inserted values when they logged into the db.

if you have AD in place this will be quite easy. if you're on a nt network then it may be tricky or I should say irritable and harder then it should be, but very easily done.

please take ChrisHirst's note to heart. it is very annoying to see duplicate posts.

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