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    Sharing a database with a friend for their use. Suggestions? (split, local drive, etc.)

    Took a crack at incorporating that code. It seems I don't understand how to incorporate it at all, and it feels like it would take more time than I have to learn enough basics to proceed. So I'll have to stop there for now. Thanks again for the replies here!
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    Sharing a database with a friend for their use. Suggestions? (split, local drive, etc.)

    Oh, nothing that I know of. Just haven't gotten to that step (and I guess a bit intimidated by code!) Actually, I have successfully split the database, compiled the FE, and it seems to work well so far! I still have to manually re-link the BE tables when I move it. So next step, the code I...
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    Sharing a database with a friend for their use. Suggestions? (split, local drive, etc.)

    Hi, I see. I'm curious if that would work on a network terminal. That is, the workplace sets up each terminal with access to your own documents folder, under a user folder name. So mine would be something like C:\users\GoVikings\Documents. I don't think I can get the path names to be the...
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    Sharing a database with a friend for their use. Suggestions? (split, local drive, etc.)

    Thanks jdraw & Pat Hartman! It seems to be going well so far, haven't quite ventured into the coding part, but splitting and compiling seems to achieve my objectives so far. Without the code so far, I am forced to manual re-link the FE and BE after first copying to the new directory. I can...
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    Sharing a database with a friend for their use. Suggestions? (split, local drive, etc.)

    Hi there, newbie / 1st time post. I have a database using Access 2016 that I would like to give a friend a copy to use. It organizes different customers and their invoices. We do not need to share data (i.e. no common back-end), so everything can remain in the same local folder. I would give...
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