Networking Access Applications

Access 97 is likely to be the first networked Windows application many of you will use. Windows 95's simple installation of low-cost and easy-to-administer Windows Networking should appeal to first-time network users. If you don't have a network now and plan to create Access applications for other users to share, Windows 95's built-in network operating system is a logical choice as a peer-to-peer "starter" network. A peer-to-peer network is one in which any PC connected to the network can share files in all—or designated—folders with any other PC connected to the network. PCs connected by peer-to-peer networks often are called workgroup members. Access applications that share .mdb files on a network are termed ...

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