[WEB4LIB] RE: Microsoft Access

[Chris Gray]

Just a note on this.

The reason for the requirement of IE5 and Office 2000 is that these
applications support the new WebDAV (Web-based Distributed Authoring and
Versioning) protocol.  Since it is a standard, many other applications
will be able to offer it and all applications using it will be able to
work with each other.  WebDAV is now supported by Apache and the Zope open
source web application platform. 

The official IETF site for WebDAV is:
http://www.ics.uci.edu/pub/ietf/webdav/

Chris Gray
Library Systems
University of Waterloo

On Wed, 2 Jun 1999, O-Tech International, Ltd. wrote:

> Hi Kyle,
> Microsoft is a vendor, and thus is vendor-specific, that is
> Microsoft-specific.
> I love the Microsoft website (I wonder if librarians build it?)
> I found a reference to confirm your requested capability for remote user
> input here -
>   http://www.microsoft.com/Office/ORK/2000/One/10t3_3.htm
> Go to the heading 'Using other Web data access technologies'
>       "Saving an Access form as an ASP page that allows users to view,
>         enter, and update information in a database on a Web server."
> The fine print states certain parameters must be met for full
> functionality -
>  - IE5 web browser
>  - Office 2000 installed on client computer
> But it appears it is possible.  If you are a Microsoft enterprise, it
> seems phenomenal.
> I will be trying the official Office 2000 version soon after it is
> released and then will be able to comment further from real experience.
> Eva Holtsmark__________O-Tech International, Ltd.
> 
> 
> Kyle Harriss wrote:
> 
> > Eva Holtsmark wrote
> > > I have been singing about the other Bill (Gates) new Access
> > > product, Access 2000 of Office 2000, in stores on June 10.
> > > I played with the Beta version and find it truly remarkable -
> > > point and click, publish your existing Access Database on
> > > the web dynamically using 'Data Access Pages'
> >
> > Eva,
> >
> > I'm going to follow the link you provided and do some looking,
> > but I did look at Microsoft's announcements before and found
> > one thing lacking.  If I was mistaken, I'd LOVE to hear it.
> >
> > The improved web features in Access2000 allow for publishing
> > data to the web, but do they make it simple to allow
> > remote users to perform data entry?  (add records, edit records?)
> > This is what I was hoping for, but did not see.
> >
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