linking to a hidden BE on a network share

[salmonella]

I would like to link my access FE to a hidden access BE on a network share.
However, this requires that to hide the BE that I put a dot before the name
e.g. (.my_be). Since the BE is hidden I cannot use the link table utility in
Access to find it, nor will this utility allow me to write in the path since
it does not like the dot before the file name. So........ is there a simple
way to set up the links to a hidden BE on the Unix share with a dote before
the name of the BE?

thanks

 

[Stefan Hoffmann]

hi,

So........ is there a simple
way to set up the links to a hidden BE on the Unix share with a dote before
the name of the BE?

Use a symlink to get a Windows conform file name.

Otherwise take a look at

http://www.mvps.org/access/tables/tbl0009.htm
and
http://www.mvps.org/access/tables/tbl0010.htm

Sow you how to code it.

btw, it makes no sense naming a file for a Windows application after a
Unix specification.


mfG
--> stefan <--

 

[De Jager]

I would like to link my access FE to a hidden access BE on a network share.
However, this requires that to hide the BE that I put a dot before the
name
e.g. (.my_be). Since the BE is hidden I cannot use the link table utility
in
Access to find it, nor will this utility allow me to write in the path
since
it does not like the dot before the file name. So........ is there a
simple
way to set up the links to a hidden BE on the Unix share with a dote
before
the name of the BE?

thanks

 

[joelgeraldine]

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