Anyone know of a tool or way to do this? We're using Max 7 Pervasive Workgroup in a Terminal Services environment under Windows 2000 Advanced Server.
Thanks - R.
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I don't have an answer to your question but I can suggest an alternate process you might want to consider.
Due to the need for our firm to retain client records for a period of time even after they would be considered inactive combined with the need to prevent accidental or deliberate deletion only the Administrator can delete records. However, to give users the ability to flag a record for deletion or in our case "Archiving" I created a UDF for that purpose. I then created an new empty database of our production with read-only rights for all users. Now, periodically I do a search on our production on those records flag for archiving - transfer them to the archival db and delete them from the production. The archival copy can then be accessed by any user to "read-only". If for some reason the record needs activating again I can always transfer it back to the production.
Iris
Due to the need for our firm to retain client records for a period of time even after they would be considered inactive combined with the need to prevent accidental or deliberate deletion only the Administrator can delete records. However, to give users the ability to flag a record for deletion or in our case "Archiving" I created a UDF for that purpose. I then created an new empty database of our production with read-only rights for all users. Now, periodically I do a search on our production on those records flag for archiving - transfer them to the archival db and delete them from the production. The archival copy can then be accessed by any user to "read-only". If for some reason the record needs activating again I can always transfer it back to the production.
Iris
Thanks, Iris - I like your idea. Unfortunately, our need is different.
We have Address Book entries that seem to have simply disappeared. Users swear they were in the Address Book, but now they're not. No one had delete rights to start except our administrator and now those are gone as well. So ideally I'd like to track who added what entries (to see whether the entry was in fact made) and who deleted it (for obvious reasons).
Very strange - and tough to diagnose.
- R.
We have Address Book entries that seem to have simply disappeared. Users swear they were in the Address Book, but now they're not. No one had delete rights to start except our administrator and now those are gone as well. So ideally I'd like to track who added what entries (to see whether the entry was in fact made) and who deleted it (for obvious reasons).
Very strange - and tough to diagnose.
- R.
Even with the process I outlined I still occasionally get a user saying a record has been deleted. I know I'm the only one that can delete address book entries so what happened. What I did wa to search on something the user can tell me like maybe the first name, or something like a phone number. Voila, I found the entry. What had happened was the user was working on an entry , phone rang and they switched to the incoming calles address book entry. After they were done continued edited where they left off before the phone rang but didn't switch back and edited the Last Name. I'd try that for the heck of it just to see if that might be the case. Otherwise I don't know of the method you seek.
Iris
Iris