You will need to shut down the ACT7 instance of the SQL Service to properly move the ADF, ALF and database files directory. I would move all of them at the same time.
Stan
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If you want your users to open the same database you are opening you will need to send them that pad file.
Yes you can all access the same database at the same time as long as you're on the same network.
There is a dropdown on your toolbar that shows the layout you are using. If you didn't copy the database files folder over you didn't copy the layouts folder over either.
Stan
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yes..i think we messed up.... when I now open ACT (from the synology DB)
the pad file reads like this
<!--This file represents a Pointer to an Act Database or [PAD]--> <ACTDatabase name="AMG2014_update" host="AMG-6-30-12-AL" location="C:\backupfileact" type="Sql" />
the host shows my laptop and the location is also my laptop
shouldnt host be synology?
it seems that if we shut off the laptop, it all breaks. My simple goal is to have synology host the DB
The Synology will need to be set up as an iSCSI device and then the host will be whatever machine is running SQL server and pointing to the Act! database on the Synology.
Stan
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Yes. Whatever PC you have SQL running on accessing the Act! database must stay on all the time.
With that PAD file your laptop has to be on all the time. Most people just install Act! on a server and then use that SQl to access the database on the Synology.
Stan
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Thank you. I guess since Synology cannot run ACT program...we cant do this? Thanks for the information. My simple goal was not to run a PC as a server.
Or with Iscsi on synolgy can this be done??
Until yesterday, we had ACT and DB on a PC in a closet....which we accessed with LOGmein Himachi...but this seems to be very unstable...Synolgy has been great for hosting our documents and I was told it would be great to host act DB too....
No the Synology cannot run the Act! program or Microsoft SQL currently. I suspect it will be quite a while before it does. You would still need to run Act! and SQL on a different system and keep the databases on the Synology. iSCSI let's you put the SQL database on the Synology but it doesn't let you put Microsoft SQL on the Synology.
Stan
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