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Wendy Elizabeth - 16 Jan 2008 04:03 GMT

I want to setup access that will have 'screens' where users can enter car
loan application information. I want this information to be saved in access
once the save button has been hit. I want this data to connect to a .net WCF
server and/or a service broker application that is hosted on a sql server
2005 database.
Can you tell me if this feature is available in access? Would this be like
a 'hyperlink'? If this feature is available in access, can you tell me how to
accomplish this task?

Also if this kind of a feature is available, can I email an access
database that has the above functions listed to a user that may or may not
have (some version of access) on their workstation? Would e-mail servers
allow this type of access database be e-mailed to users without removing the
access database?
Thanks!

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Brendan Reynolds - 17 Jan 2008 12:07 GMT

>I want to setup access that will have 'screens' where users can enter car
> loan application information. I want this information to be saved in
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> access database?
> Thanks!

An experienced developer could develop such an application in Access. It
would not be a trivial task and is not something that could be described in
a few words. Here's a link to some replies I've posted in the past on the
subject of calling web services from Access (which is what such an app would
need to do) perhaps you might find some of them useful.

http://groups.google.ie/groups?as_epq=web+service&as_uauthors=Brendan+Reynolds

To use an Access app the users will need either retail Access or the runtime
version. The runtime version of Access 2007 is now available as a free
download from Microsoft.

I find most users can successfully receive an Access file as an e-mail
attachment if I zip it first, but I expect that probably depends on the
policies and measures put in place by the administrators of the particular
e-mail server in question.

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