Generally, the steps to share an Access application among multiple users are
as follows:
1. If you have not already done so, split the application into a Front-End
and a Back-End. The Front-End (FE) will contain all Queries, Forms,
Reports, Modules, Macros and local-use tables. The Back-End (BE) will
contain all tables to be shared among users.
2. The BE will reside in a folder on your server, where full permissions
for each user will be granted (Read, Write, Create, Delete, Execute).
3. In the FE, use Access' Linked Table Manager to Link to the tables in the
BE. To avoid problems with changing drive mappings, link to the BE tables
using the full UNC, starting with My Network Places and drilling down
through folders until the actual database name of the BE is found.
4. An individual copy of each FE will reside on each user's computer. For
ease of distributing updates to FEs, see:
http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/autofe.htm which describes an AutoUpdater
for front-ends, developed by Access MVP Tony Toews.
5. Additionally, a copy of the most current FE in use by users should be
kept on the server. You will do your maintenance/update programming on your
own copy of the FE on your own computer. When updates are ready to be
distributed, you'll copy your modified FE to replace the one on the server.
Those are pretty much the high points. Post back if you need more.
