Mapinfo Files Acces / Control

[enbw]

Hi,

Currently we have two user of Mapinfo , accessing one set of files. There are plans to expand this to five users, who in theory could access the same files at the same time. What options are there to control access etc? E.g. once one user is accessing the file it can't be changed by others. Would this mean some sort of database?

Thanks

 

[gmmastros]

I was in a similar situation once. The way we handled it was...

In the app, we stored a location of the map files on the server. We also kept a copy of the files local.

Essentially, we did file based security. If someone is modify the maps, we don't allow anyone else to modify them. When the modification is done, we copy the modified maps to the server.

Periodically, we would check the date/time of the files on the server to see if anything has changed. If so, copy the files from the server to the local hard drive.

Of course, there are several weak points in this method, but with a relatively small number of user and infrequent updates, you shouldn't have any problems.



-George

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[enbw]

Thanks for the prompt reply.

Unfortunately, we have a number of updates, but your suggestion is something I will look into.

Thanks