ACC2000: "Import/Link Data on an FTP or HTTP Server" Help Topic Incorrect (237590)
The information in this article applies to:
This article was previously published under Q237590 Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.
This article applies to a Microsoft Access database (.mdb) and to a Microsoft Access project (.adp).
SYMPTOMS
The Microsoft Access 2000 Help topic "Import or link (read-only) data on an FTP or HTTP Internet Server" incorrectly states that you can import or link data from a remote HTTP server.
If you try to follow the steps in the Help topic to import or link data from a remote FTP or HTTP server, you receive one of the following error messages:
Either the Internet is very slow or there is some problem in the replication manager setup on the internet server machine
Invalid internet address
Internet login failure
After you click OK to close the first error message, you see a second error message:
The wizard is unable to access information in the file <internet
address>. Please check that the file exists and is in the correct format.
CAUSE
Microsoft Access 2000 does not support importing or linking data from a remote FTP or HTTP server.
RESOLUTION
Save the file or HTML page to your hard disk or Intranet site, and then import or link the file from there.
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 7/15/2004 |
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| Keywords: | kbbug kbdocerr kbpending KB237590 |
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