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[illini]

I have a dbs with a backend on the network. I want to set up the dbs so that the user can create a backup of the backend on their hard drive (when out of the office on business). This backend copy would be read only.

I would like to set-up some code in the frondend, so that upon opening, it looks for the backend on the network. If it can't find it (or receives an error because the computer isn't connected to the network), I would like it to go straight to the reserve backend on the user's hard drive.

Has anyone done this before? I would appreciate any helpful hints or code.

Thanks.

-illini

-illini

 

[vbajock]

Sounds like a great way to get into data concurrency problems. If you really want to do it, look at the FileSystem object and the DIR() function in the help file