Amelia, As lomng as you are copying the files back and forth, there should not be a problem. However, if you are attempting some type of synchronization concpt, that does not work. Don McNeely -----Original Message----- From: Amelia O. Debusman [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, February 22, 2001 2:00 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [Clooz] Sharing between two computers Can you keep the two files updated by using the direct cable connection and briefcase? That is how I keep other things like my genealogy program on the laptop and the desktop current. Amelia At 01:05 PM 2/22/01 -0500, Elizabeth Kelley Kerstens, CGRS wrote: >It may be that somehow the "read-only" attribute was set on your database. >You can check this by going in to Windows Explorer, find the file and >right click on it. Select Properties. If the Read-only box is checked, >uncheck it. This happens if you move files onto a CD and then off again. > >At 09:31 PM 2/19/01 -0500, Linda Huss wrote: >>I have just started using the program, and use a laptop for research >>trips and a desktop at home for actual record keeping. I can't figure >>out how I can copy what I record on the laptop to the main >>computer. When I copied the file I was using on my main computer to my >>laptop, it will not me open it. I get the error message: >>Error 351 The Microsoft Jet database engine cannot open the file XXX It >>is already opened exclusively by another user, or you need permission to >>view its data. mdUtility:fnAttachTables >> >>Thanks for any help >> >>Linda >> >> >>============================== >>Search over 900 million names at Ancestry.com! >>http://www.ancestry.com/rd/rwlist1.asp > >Liz Kelley Kerstens, CGRS, CGL >Ancestor Detective, LLC >http://www.ancestordetective.com >Creator of Clooz, http://www.clooz.com >Editor of Genealogical Computing, http://www.ancestry.com > > >============================== >Search more than 150 million free records at RootsWeb! >http://searches.rootsweb.com/ > ============================== Add as many as 10 Good Years To Your Life If you know how to reduce these risks. http://www.thirdage.com/health/wecare/hearthealth/index.html