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boblarson
10-16-2007, 06:49 PM
Has anyone used version control software (like Visual Source Safe, CV, Subversion, etc.) with Access? I'm thinking that it isn't possible to do so, at least by doing any granular detail below the mdb file level.

If you have, please let me know as we are trying to determine if it will be possible at all.

mattkorguk
01-02-2008, 06:14 AM
Just posted the same thing, sorry Bob. "Version Control" I knew there was a term for it! I used merging, it didn't sound right when I posted it. No replies since October, I guess that's a no then?!

Quasar
01-27-2008, 11:37 PM
Hi 2 all!
I've used such bundle: subversion + msaccess97.
I've wrote the tool with msaccess97 which automatically saves in plain text all access stuff such as forms, reports,modules and then these files commits to svn. All developers do such things. Every time in our repository we have all recent changes. When the time to build a new version, you should update the local plain text copy and with the tool we assemble the whole msaccess program in new mdb file. It works just fine.