Mia,
Sorry, almost any time I have made anything nice for a user, I have had to
spend some time coding to make it happen. The OLE control can be called from
any language - probably (most likely) even Access. I did a real quick google
search on OLE control & MS Access and there seems to be information out
there on how to do it. As the VB behind Access is the same as any VB (like
the VB6 I am using), the VB code to set up the transfer is:
FTP.RemoteAddress = "123.456.78.90" ' over the web
or
FTP.RemoteAddress = "192.168.0.102" ' local network
FTP.UserName = "User"
FTP.Password = "MyPassword"
FTP.Connect
FTP.RemoteFile = "Database.mdb" 'FTP opens to specified directory
FTP.LocalFile = "Database.mdb"
FTP.Binary = True
FTP.GetFile
FTP.Disconnect
To send it back, substitute FTP.PutFile for FTP.Getfile. If you are still
connected, then the Connect and the stuff before wouldn't be necessary. All
you need to do is learn how to get an OLE control to work in Access. I doubt
that it will be too hard - I just haven't had to do it yet.
Frank
"YM" <ma*******@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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Thank you for your reply,
Need a little more info - a little more specific, if you don't mind.
I don't have VB development environment, or time to develop evything
at all ... Although your solution is very sweet, can you suggest
something more idiot-proof?
Thank you again,
Mia Jones
"Frank" <fn*********@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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There is a free OLE control called EZFTP. It can be downloaded at:
Http://www.programmersheaven.com/zone15/cat722/2321.htm
With this routine I was able to make the FTP "mumbo-jumbo" transparent
to the users. There is also a "professional" pay version which adds some
features, but the free version worked very well for me. For the record,
I put the code in a VB6 program. The only little gotcha that I experienced
was understanding that I had to move the OLE control from the VB6 toolbox to
the form, so that it would be accessible in the code (duh).
Frank