Data Access Pages

Summary

Work completed in this chapter is in the chap21end.mdb file. This file and all the associated folders and .HTML files are in the WebTest folder in AccSamp: as we’ve said, it makes file management easier if you keep all the elements that make your pages work in one place.

In this chapter we work with Access, external files, a browser and email software, all of which can exist on a machine in slightly different versions and be set up in slightly different ways. We spotted such differences (documented in the chapter) between two machines which we thought were set up identically. While we can’t guarantee it will work, we supply the chap21end.mdb and its associated files in the hope that it will do so in most cases.

To cover the full implications of publishing Data Access Pages on the web, even on an intranet, is beyond the scope of this introductory book, not least because approaches to addressing security issues partly depend upon the software you are running and partly on the configuration of your network and hardware. All problems are addressable, however, given further work.

The foregoing should not detract from the great job Access does of providing the environment and tools for building data access pages. What we cover in this chapter and elsewhere should be enough for you to experiment with pages and to publish them across a home or small office network to a few trusted colleagues.