Hello.

Very thorough and helpful tutorial but I do have a couple of questions.

When you need to update a form or add forms or reports AFTER you have encrypted your front end, what is the best way to get the new objects out to the user into the front end?  

Do you open it exclusive and make the changes there?

Do you create them on your back up and copy them into the encrypted front end?

Is it okay to have the back up on your hard drive instead of on your network (private) drive.  It runs much slower via the network and that is why I am asking.

With a split database - is it more efficient to have the front end in a secured folder for the users or have a copy of the front end on each of their individual work stations?

Thank you.

Lisa

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Reply from Richard Rost:

You'll have to distribute a new front-end file to the end user. You could program up something to do it automatically or just send them the file and tell them where to put it. You can't make changes to it once it's encrypted.

Sure, you could backup your database on your local hard drive, but if your drive physically FAILS then you lose both copies. If you want to do this, at least have two physical drives in your PC, or use an external USB drive or something.

I prefer to keep a copy of the front-end on each user's PC. It works faster for them... but if you can get away with keeping it in a network share and performance isn't too bad, then that's easier to maintain.