Starting Access app freom Web Service

[folke]

I have a server that has an MS Access app -
E:\MyCatalog\MyMSAccessApp.mdb
Want users to use it via a Web Service (c#).
Writing the WS is no problem. Only not sure of how
to start MyMSAccessApp.mdb from C# code??
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FL

[Siegfried Glaser]

I'm not sure if I understand what you're planning to do. When you write "use
it via a Web Service" you surely mean that they shall be able to work on the
data in the MDB, don't you? But wouldn't you in that case just simply use an
ODBC-connection to the MDB?
Please try to give a little more detail of what you want to accomplish.

Sigi

[folke]

Ok, I'll try!
I want to put an MS Access app on Server A, msapp.mdb. Msapp.mdb is a
front-end app for a SQL Server database on another server B.
I want users to be able to invoke msapp.mdb vi an URL, NOT by logging on to
Server A. I thought that a Web Service might do the trick! Maybe I'm wrong.
I guess I could put a share on a file on Server A, put msapp.mdb there and
let the users map that via explorer.
Seemd a bit more elegant via the browser and WS!
FL
"Siegfried Glaser" wrote:

I'm not sure if I understand what you're planning to do. When you write "use
it via a Web Service" you surely mean that they shall be able to work on the
data in the MDB, don't you? But wouldn't you in that case just simply use an
ODBC-connection to the MDB?
Please try to give a little more detail of what you want to accomplish.

Sigi

[Siegfried Glaser]

If you've got an existing MS-Access frontend, IMHO you should definitely work
with a fileshare. It's the easiest and fastest way.
Webservices are useful to pass data but I see no way how you could use one
to get your Access frontend to the browser. I'm afraid you got something
wrong about this technology. Nevertheless you could write a new .NET frontend
and use a webservice as your connection to the SQL-server.

Sigi

PS: If your further inquiries should proof me wrong, please let me know. I'm
far from a beeing a pro.

PPS: If you only need to query data in a very basic way, you could also take
a try at MS-Access Data Access Pages but I doubt that they make sense in any
serious environment.