You might see that the Dropbox Community team have been busy working on some major updates to the Community itself! So, here is some info on what’s changed, what’s staying the same and what you can expect from the Dropbox Community overall.
Forum Discussion
Sharing Access database
I would like to share an Access database with other users. It works on Dropbox in exclusive mode, not in multiuser mode. How else can I do it if Dropbox is not a good platform? I need a low tech solu...
Argh! No. Dont do it!
It WILL go wrong. It WILL lose you data and it WILL cause you to spend hours fixing it.
As a side note it cannot do 'multiuser mode' because you've forgot the simple fact that every single user of the folder would have there own individualised copy of the database. They'd all be working on each of there own versions - there is NO central place to work on stuff in Dropbox.
Mark
Super User II
Super User IIArgh! No. Dont do it!
It WILL go wrong. It WILL lose you data and it WILL cause you to spend hours fixing it.
As a side note it cannot do 'multiuser mode' because you've forgot the simple fact that every single user of the folder would have there own individualised copy of the database. They'd all be working on each of there own versions - there is NO central place to work on stuff in Dropbox.
