Form load and filter question

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I\'m doing a search form. On top, there are several comboboxes for users to choose a combination of criterias. Then I construct a Where string to filter a sub form displaying th

Answer 1

You said "my program will be used as front/back end on the rather slow network".

What is your back end storage database? Is it an Access (Jet/ACE) database file?

If yes, you should be aware than networked Access databases are really only suitable on a fast, reliable, hard-wired LAN. If any of the following conditions are true, you should change your data storage to something other than Access.

1. wide area network (WAN)
2. wireless network connection
3. wired connection to an unreliable local area network (LAN)

The common risk in those situations is that a dropped connection can corrupt your Access database. It may not happen at every dropped connection, but eventually you will corrupt your Access database.