Question : Split Database Updating

I have a typical split Access database with both the front end and back end using Access 2007.  I would like to have a way to easily update a new front end out to users.  Currently , each user has their own front end saved to their local C and they connect to the back end which is on a network share.

Here is what I would love to be able to do.

When it is time to make some updates to reports, etc... I would like to be able to drop a new front end in a folder on the network share.  Then each time a user opens their copy, Access would look to see if their copy matched the copy of the "latest front end" in the network share folder.

I would use a Version number for comparision.  (TBL_VERSION, Version_Nbr).

What would be cool is if this check happens when they open their  copy.  Msgbox would prompt them and say something like "New version exists, update now?"  When the click yes, the database would close, windows would copy the new server copy to whatever path their db resides in.  Then they would just re-open it and be off with the new version.

Super cool.  How do I do it.   :)

Answer : Split Database Updating

Auto Updater:  http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/autofe.htm

I use a highly modified version (as on Steroids) of this approach. Of the 16 databases I currently maintain, one or more of them are likely to change almost daily.  No problem. I just upload a new FE master to the FE Master directory ... and my database loader app insures any user has the latest version.

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