Web Interface

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Jasper Recto

I spoke with an access programmer that says the he displays all his programs
using a web interface. Basically, instead of using forms, he uses a web
page to display and enter information.

Does anybody do this?

Is this a better way of utilizing a access database?

Thanks,
Jasper
 
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Daniel Pineault

My first question is why? Why would you want to do this? Based on your
reasons then perhaps we can better guide you.

Access already comes with a powerful GUI, unless you have a specific
need/reason I would not even consider going down than avenue.

Second, if you really need a web based database solution, sadly I would not
suggest access (and I love access). Technically speaking access is not a web
database tool.

Although you can create data access pages, and this is most probably what
the developper was talking about, once again they are not the easiest things
to create/setup....

It all comes down to what is your need? What version of access are you
using? Please give us some more information.
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Hope this helps,

Daniel Pineault
http://www.cardaconsultants.com/
For Access Tips and Examples: http://www.devhut.net
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Jasper Recto

We need an application that allows our vendors to view information from an
access database. They would do this by going to our website and interfacing
with a webpage that is linked to our access database.

Also, I thought about having a web interface for internal applications on
computers that don't have microsoft access installed on it.

What other options do I have?

Thanks,
Jasper
 
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Arvin Meyer [MVP]

I would suggest using a Terminal Server. You can comfortably have up to
about 20 users on a reasonably powerful server, and those users will not
need to have Access at all. Further, using a VPN will allow greater security
than a typical web application. The only other viable choice is to rewrite
your application as a web app using ASP or ASP.NET, or a competing
technology like Cold Fusion. That is a far more expensive choice.
 
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