Re: Offline files feature does not sync database files

From: Bill Sanderson (Bill_Sanderson@msn.com.plugh.org)
Date: 11/03/02 

From: "Bill Sanderson" <Bill_Sanderson@msn.com.plugh.org>
Date: Sat, 2 Nov 2002 21:24:42 -0500

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q252509
may help.

If you go to http://support.microsoft.com
and type "offline files" (with the quotes) into the search field, this and a
number of other useful articles will come up.

"DC" <dc@no.com> wrote in message news:apu7em$urj$1@newsfeed.th.ifl.net...
> I have an issue with Microsoft's Offline Files feature of XP.
>
> I use this feature on my own laptop heavily to store files form my server
> when away from home. The problem is that the feature will not
> automatically
> handle database files, either .mdb or .dba for example. The system reports
> that these file types cannot be synchronised.
>
> I have trawled through the registry to see if I can find a list of file
> extensions that it doesn't sync in order to "fix" the issue but have been
> unsuccessful.
>
> Does anyone know if and/or where such a list might exist in the registry
> or
> some other fix. I could use a third party synchronisation program, but I'd
> rather not and I would need a program that can write to the offline store
> and the files in question need to remain on the same drive letter. I
> understand the issues involved with database replication etc, but the
> database files I want to use are not setup with replication, and .dba and
> .dbf etc. don't support this as it is.
>
> Can anyone help? Thanks in advance.
>
> Please reply to group or to collectivedc@hotmail.com
>
> --
> David Cross
>
>

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