This may not be a subject for this part of the forum, please redirect me if I should post somewhere else.
When I first introduced the Alpha concept to this company, I told them about WEB vs Desktop. They insisted on desktop for various reasons.
So now that the database is implemented and users are starting to populate, requests are coming in to grow the functionalities but.....they want remote access.
Is there anyone on the board that is experienced in operating their desktop database remotely through the public network.
We have a computer at work that retains the database and about 9 users accessing and updating with Runtime versions each having a mapped drive to the PC.
There are about 5 more that want to access and update from remote locations, but can you map a virtual drive through the net ?
I don't know anything about public networks and can't offer support.
All I could suggest as an interim solution is remote desktop until we find a solution.
When I ran Alpha 4 applicaiton back in the day (mid 90's) we used PC Anywhere with 25 access computers which all updated 1 database what a site that was. It worked great !!
P.S.
Is there an option for Alpha 5 v10 to import data. If user updates their data in some type of a spreadsheet, could a batch be written to update the database with new or modified data at the push of a button.
When I first introduced the Alpha concept to this company, I told them about WEB vs Desktop. They insisted on desktop for various reasons.
So now that the database is implemented and users are starting to populate, requests are coming in to grow the functionalities but.....they want remote access.
Is there anyone on the board that is experienced in operating their desktop database remotely through the public network.
We have a computer at work that retains the database and about 9 users accessing and updating with Runtime versions each having a mapped drive to the PC.
There are about 5 more that want to access and update from remote locations, but can you map a virtual drive through the net ?
I don't know anything about public networks and can't offer support.
All I could suggest as an interim solution is remote desktop until we find a solution.
When I ran Alpha 4 applicaiton back in the day (mid 90's) we used PC Anywhere with 25 access computers which all updated 1 database what a site that was. It worked great !!
P.S.
Is there an option for Alpha 5 v10 to import data. If user updates their data in some type of a spreadsheet, could a batch be written to update the database with new or modified data at the push of a button.
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