So this issue appears to be unique to me as my coworkers aren't having any issues.
We have an Access DB that we use to upload files to SQL tables via forms. To choose the file for these forms there is a call in VB for a Common Dialogue DLL (me!File_Location=LaunchCD(Me) is the only code that launches the file explorer ). Whenever I upload a file, I have to remap to the folder I want every time as it reverts back to the base C drive for me. I am the only one with this issue as for everyone else it reverts back to the last folder they uploaded a file from.
I've found that people have this issue with internet browser uploading; but haven't come across anyone who is having the same issue as me with Access and it only affecting one person. If anyone could help it would be much appreciated as I use this program several times a day and it's beginning to get a bit tedious to have to remap to the folder ten times in a row to upload all files. Thanks!
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I am attempting to set up a way to take invoices that are emailed to me and import them into MS Access so that I can track completion of payment and vouchering and at a later time set up a better system for accounts payable.
I have been researching how to go about linking outlook and access for this purpose but I don't actually get the attachment when I link a folder with my database. I have found people suggesting that I don't actually save the file to access because it will bloat the database and instead just save the file location.
Unfortunately I haven't been able to find information about how to actually go about this process. Right now I have rules set up in Outlook to sort the invoices I receive by vendor, which I could then link to access. But there is no information regarding the attachment except that it has one.
Any pointing in the right direction would be greatly appreciated, I get the feeling that a lot of this will need to be done in outlook somehow, but I don't really know where to begin with it.
I can figure out how to save the attachments to a folder, but the thing I can't figure out is how to link outlook and access so that access can have a hyperlink to where the attachment is saved.
I'm Android developer. I'm using Google Drive Java API to access files in hidden Application Data Folder. Since 14 May 2015, LIST method doesn't return newly created files. Also in the Web interface "Hidden data size" is 0.
Files are created correctly (response 200 OK, file created), but I can't list them.
I was using LIST method for 2 years and everything was fine until tomorrow. After few hours files are listed by LIST method, but I want access them immediately after create.
When I save files into visible data folder everything is fine, but problem is with hidden Application Data Folder.
Could you please help me?
Regards
This was a caching issue specifically for App Folder content that affected list queries.
We've rectified the issue so you should no longer see this issue. Thanks for reporting.
Writes were not affected.
I'm developing a Windows Phone 8.1 (non silverlight) project and i'm very new to the platform.
I'm having a really hard time trying to access a pdf file from the web and saving it to the phone. First, i searched for how to display the pdf file inside the app without saving it, and learned that it can't be done.
Then i searched for a way to download the file and save it localy. Every example i found ended it up in a dead end; i tried with WebClient, and found out that i must switch to HttpClient, i tried with IsolateStorageFile and found that i must use ApplicationDataContainer.
It's becoming really frustrating searching for simple things for hours and hours without any result.
Can someone point me to an example, or anything else ?
Downloading a file for the user means that you have to take care of a variety of things:
1) The app must stay responsive while the user waits for the download to complete.
2) You have to provide some kind of status information.
3) The download should continue if your app gets suspended (e.g.: the user hits the home button).
That's why big /unknown size or slow file downloads should be load off to a background task.
This article will provide you with a working example:
http://www.informit.com/articles/article.aspx?p=2229233&seqNum=6
I am writing a small web site for a company Intranet and have the following question that may be simple. Is it possible to open an Excel file from it's current location on the network instead of downloading it. So that any changes made are made to the actual file and not a downloaded version of it?
Thanks
Matt
Yes, it's possible, but then you would have to specify the address of the file in the local network, not as an HTTP address on the web server.
The user would naturally need to have access to the file on the network share, with write permission.
No. It is not possible to open a remote excel file across HTTP and write changes back to it.
Let's consider some other things you might be trying to do.
If you are running excel, all you can open are files visible to the file system APIs. That means files on your local disk and network file systems accessible via CIFS. Mapped drive letters, \\ pathnames, that sort of thing.
If you set up an Excel file for download from a web server, it will always be downloaded. Excel won't open it 'in place'.
The Microsoft technology solution that addresses what you seem to be asking for is Sharepoint.
Anything you open from a HTTP connection I believe is "downloaded" to the client. Its more how you "uploade" the changes.
But if thats what the customer wants I have some alternatives:
1) Use Dropbox or similar filesharing utils. Once someone saves a document in Dropbox, its automatically uploaded to the Dropbox account. The free version allows up to 2 GB of data. Thats quite a few Excel files.
2) Use Gmail/Google Apps. If you do you get 1 GB space for online documents. You can upload Office files suchs as Excel and they will be converted an online editable from within the Google Docs. You can share the files within the domain or even externally if you make that setting the admin part. Afterwards you can also download/export the Spreadsheet as Excel format. I havent tested how much of the standards you loose but ofcause its not a full Excel.
3) wait for Microsoft to finish their Office online. I bet that Excel version will do exactly what you are currently asking for by using some special plugin or MSIE9 technics. But I dont really know yet.
Hope some of this gave you some ideas?
If the file is in a network share on the same domain (or reachable from the domain your app is running from), it is possible, provided that
The share is readable and writeable by the domain\user the app runs under (via ownership or assigned role.)
The file is shareable (IIRC). This is important if multiple users (or apps) need to access it.
Other than that, a \domain\location path should be treatable just like a local (or disk mounted) path.
In your HTML document, create/place a link:
<a href='file:///H:/docs/foo/bar.xls'>Your Excel File</a>
Substitite your network UNC path for H:/docs/foo/bar.xls. Note the slashes instead of the regular UNC backslashes.
So if I try to take an Access database that currently resides on a network shared drive (or try to create a brand new one for that matter) on a web folder of a "workspace", why won't it work? I have read, write modify permissions on the folder I am trying to add it to, however I can errors, and it won't recognize the file type (.accdb or .mdb gets made .unk).
Could someone just explain the logic to me of why this doesn't work?
EDIT: So I guess I should include that on the shared drive there is a folder that houses the access front end file, and another folder within this folder that houses the BE tables file. I tried to reproduce what it one the shared drive in the web folder. I cannot even get the .mdb portion to work unless it's downloaded locally to my computer.
The easy way arround this problem is to use a ODBC DSN to access the database, (BE) and have the FE (front-end), in your local computer. This happens because MS-Access needs to lock the file while using it.
You should be able to work with the FE using SkyDrive and other services like it, cause they copy the file localy, and when you close the file they syncs it to the web folder.