Re: Any resolution for Err 3734 "Database has been placed..."

"Gord" <gdt@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in
news:1122584834.211033.308640@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx:

> I have seen that error when multiple users share an .mdb file and
> one of the users clicks the "Save" button on the toolbar while a
> form is open. Sometimes people who start using Access after having
> used Word and Excel think that they have to click the "Save"
> button after they make changes to data in Access. They don't
> realize that the toolbar button saves the _design_ of the form,
> not the data _in_ the form. That's one of the reasons why I prefer
> to deploy front-ends as .mde files wherever possible.

Er, who in the world but someone who is a novice who doesn't know
better would have multiple users sharing a front end?

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