I have created an Access file with forms and report and put it in a shared drive with full access rights. But when one user open the Access file, another user can not open the file. He clicks on the file, but no response comes... while I, at the server, am able to open it at anytime. I am stuck. This Project is for all the users, all of them need to access the mdb file at the same time. How could it be done.
I have a lot of hope. Hope you guys help me out.
Thanks in advance.
Use the database splitter wizard to split your database into separate front end and back end components. Your forms and reports should remain in the front end. And the back end should contain only tables, indexes, and relationships. In the front end, your "tables" will actually be links to the back end tables.
Then use Tony Toews' Auto FE Updater (http://www.autofeupdater.com/) so that each user will work from their own copy of the front end database.
The approach that you're using now ... allowing multiple users to directly open the same mdb stored on a network share ... is asking for trouble. In addition to the problem you're seeing now, that approach dramatically increases the risk of database corruption. Don't do that!