I work for a company that has an Access program that they bought the source code (the company they bought the software from no longer exist or I would contact them). I was asked modify the database to add in a couple features and add a query. I modified the source .accdb file to put in the modifications for a client since that was the only way to get the modification done and used MS Office 2010. However when I copy it to their server and try to open it in 2007 it is locked down.
Is there a reason for this and what can I do to unlock the program? I have used Google to search for this information and cannot find anything helpful to unlock the database or find out why this could be happening.
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My company uses a SharePoint site for our department where we share resources and documentation. We currently have a primary Excel sheet linked that contains a massive amount of our day to day info and our most common hurdles and pertains to about 80% of our workflow. This was created before the company switched (recently) to Office365 and the web based applications vs the standalone programs. Now it is not letting anyone open the the sheet because it is still trying to open in the Excel program and not the web app.
We previously used Office '13 and there was never any issue. The link is meant to open the Excel sheet right up in a read only capacity and not save the program because the content is being updated regularly with new information and regulations. With the "upgrade" from the older version of Office to the 365 web based standard version this link no longer opens the file directly, it saves to the PC and then needs to be loaded to the web app from the saved version which completely negates the ability for it to be dynamically updated. Inversely, we could import that into One Drive and update it to the new system and set the link to the view only shareable link but that would take an excessive amount of time to reformat and edit on top of everything else. If that is how we need to do it then that is how we need to do it, but is there anyway to just update the link already in the system so that it can allow the file to be opened in the web app as well as the stand alone for those not upgraded yet or with the advanced version (managers) that still uses the programs and not the web apps?
I expect the file to be able to be opened in Office365 Excel web app read only as opposed to being saved to the local machine and if possible also be opened directly in the standalone Excel program for those using the 365 Advanced version or who have not yet completed the upgrade process that the company is currently rolling out.
Thank you for your time with this.
We solved this by simply upgrading the whole department and to the Office 365 Advanced version circumventing the entire issue, thank you for your time regardless.
We have a (super)user who has been using VBA in an Excel spreadsheet to create and manipulate documents in a Domino database application.
The user has 'Editor' access to the application, and should normally be able to create/edit the document contents.
They have been, however, creating documents using VBA. That logic doesn't consider such important document fields as Readers, Authors, etc. .
We would like to restrict access to all Domino data so that it can only be created/modified using an IBM Notes client.
I have tried looking through the ECL, but that only restricts what 'others' do.
Since he has his Notes client available, the external logic is using his normal Notes credentials.
I have tried setting a hidden field with the Notes client and looking for that in the QuerySave event of the form design.
Unfortunately, the external code pays no attention to the form events and the save is executed despite the missing field.
Similarly, the Database Script has no bearing on the execution of external logic.
I was going to inspect the client version upon database open and restrict activity based on a variance in the version (I was hoping!).
I have de-selected the 'Don't prompt for a password...' option in the user security preferences, but that has no effect at all (suspected as much!).
The ONLY thing I have been able to suggest is to hide the database design... That's really only designed to thwart a user's efforts to understand the underlying design.
It won't prevent them from creating hundreds of thousands of documents with a fictitious form and throwing the app into disarray.
I'm hoping that there is a solution out there that I'm missing.
The user has been instructed not to undertake such activity in the future.
We were lucky that there really wasn't any malicious intent - "Just trying to be more efficient" we're told.
The effects of the activity have been remedied, and the user has been warned.
What I want to know is... how can I prevent this from ever happening again?
The circumstances are rare I know, but I would've thought there'd be a means of restricting the platforms used to manage Notes/Domino data.
Is there a way to ensure no external applications are able to access, create or modify Notes database documents?
I am currently focussing on access to Notes via COM.
I thought that, if I unregistered 'nlsxbe.dll' from the registry, that would prevent such activity - It has not.
I also tried removing the .TLB files from the Notes executable folder - removal of 'notes32.tlb' and 'domobj.tlb' have no effect at all. Removal of 'ltsci3.tlb' screws everything up (as expected!).
I'm really having no luck at all - Any/all suggestions would be most appreciated!
I'm not aware of any way to detect that a connection has been made by standalone code instead of by the Notes client, but you do have two paths available to you:
A Domino server add-in that prevents documents from being saved in that particular database if certain criteria aren't met.
An agent that is triggered to run shortly after documents are saved or modified in that particular database. The agent code can delete (or modify, if you prefer) the documents that don't conform to the required criteria.
The server add-in route would normally require coding in C, but thanks to the Open NTF Trigger Happy project, the hard part is done for you, and the rest can be filled in with either LotusScript or Java agent code that is "triggered" by the pre-written C code. You will need to have some basic knowledge of how the Notes Extension Manager interface works, but once you get past that and write your agent code to enforce your data consistency/integrity requirements, the only real hurdle is your willingness to host open source code on your server.
There may be two other possibilities, but I can't say if either will solve or deal with the issue...
In the ECL you can disable 'COM' access for the user (also known as OLE or ActiveX) automation since VBA access is usually via COM. This has stopped Notes using external COM access for me, but I don't know if also prevents VBA using Notes. Additional steps may be needed to enforce the ECL and apply to the specific users.
There is an (old) notes.ini 'DisableExternalApps' (or something similar) that disables some external access. This can affect many things (DDE/Prompts/#dblookups) but again I don't know if this will disable VBA/COM and its not user specific, but server wide.
I would have thought that removing the nlsxbe.dll or restricting access to execute it might work, but the ECL may be the best bet.
Alternatively, rather than add hidden flags to your design (and the documents), and then delete the offending documents, your agent could apply the correct author/reader fields to the documents instead.
Very tricky. Did you find a better solution?
I haven't found a good and simple solution to my problem:
I need either online shared excel file with password protected access or a shared online form like excel adding names+rows+person related data.It has to be lockable on a specific date.
Google Sheets is too open and general. I have to be the admin and be able to lock the Sheet, if the deadline is past and the content in the forms should match.
Also, A simple doodle ak is not a desirable solution. Does Anyone know a product which provides such service? Or Do I have to write a quick web interface?
how about MS Sharepoint? we can use it for spreadsheet sharing, access control, online check in, edit and then check out, etc.
I have written some code to connect to a SharePoint online server and get a list of *.docx (Microsoft Word) files from a folder on there.
I then display this list of files in a web page and each file is a tag, so that the user can click on it and "open" the file.
When the user clicks on the file, it prompts the user to Open/Save the file (the standard IE/Chrome file open/save dialog). Instead, I want the file to open up in Word Online (in the same/separate browser tab).
I tried searching for possible API support online, but can't seem to find any. SharePoint Online itself seems to be able to do this. If you click on a .docx (or any other Office file), it will open it in Office 365 (provided you have that provisioned).
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
You need to add the appropriate parameters to the link that the user clicks on.
Have a look at an existing document library and see the links that it creates:
https://mytenant.sharepoint.com/_layouts/15/WopiFrame.aspx?sourcedoc={1767368F-62FB-4C40-B3F2-C4EE44E88735}&file=My%20Document.doc&action=default
If the user is not licensed for Office 365, I think that they will still be offered a download. Not entirely sure though as we don't allow that on our tenancy. Certainly if they are only provisioned with SP Online and not the rest of O365, they can view the document online but cannot edit. Though recently we've seen people still able to edit - not yet sure if that is one of Microsoft's secret updates or a mistake by them.
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When I say not provisioned in the rest of O365, I really meant that they were licensed for SharePoint but not anything else (a P2 license rather than an E3), that doesn't give rights to use the online (or iPad) editors. As far as I know, the only real way to test for that is to either try it or to use an Admin account to look at the license.
You cannot "pass credentials" to WOPI since credentials for Office 365 applications come from a separate system. You have to get credentials before you are allowed to access anything in Office 365. Basically Azure AD is the service & the login is done via login.microsoft.com, the login provides a token to your browser that is exchanged with the server on every request. To reuse an existing credential, you have to be using an application that "knows" you have already logged in. Typically, Microsoft use a helper application that picks up the login from IE if that's how you logged in and makes it available to other applications such as Office. If you are using Firefox to log in, IE & Office may not know that you have done so (though there is a plugin for FF that gets installed if you let it which does the same thing).
By the way, if you know how it REALLY works, please don't shoot me down for trying to simplify the process for others. :)
In a previous question (Options for cloud based MS Access backend) one poster, Albert D. Kallal, stated:
"...you could certainly consider to up-size your Access back end tables up to office 365 and continue to use your Access front end. And more amazing is with Access 2010 this means you get a "off line" and disconnected mode. This means that your application will continue to run EVEN WITH NO internet connection. The instant you find a wifi then the data sync process starts again. And this sync is not file based, but record based and is really replication built into the product and this setup requires ZERO extra code on your part."
I am looking for any pointers as to how I may do this. I have found how to export tables into Sharepoint (but from what I can see, there is then no local copy of the tables) and have also found how to convert to a web app - but but I can't seem to find anything about how to keep my current FE, have tables in Office365, and still get the "offline" mode whereby I can still access local copies of the BE tables when I have no internet access, as posted by Albert.
Any help, or links to appropriate content, would be appreciated
Please note I am relatively advanced when it comes to Access, but am totally new to Sharepoint/Office365.