ADT95: Can't Configure Local Dropbox in Replication Manager

Last reviewed: May 14, 1997
Article ID: Q156251

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Access Developer's Toolkit version 7.0

SYMPTOMS

Advanced: Requires expert coding, interoperability, and multiuser skills.

When you try to create a local shared network folder, also called dropbox folder, on a computer running Windows NT 4.0 or later, you may receive one of the following error messages:

   Dropbox address '' is syntactically invalid.

   -or-

   Microsoft Replication Manager can't use the specified folder. Select
   or enter a valid shared network folder.

RESOLUTION

Install the updates to Mswng300.dll and Msajetfs.dll. For more information about this update and how to obtain it, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

    ARTICLE-ID: Q151186
    TITLE     : ACC95: Updated Jet DLLs Available on MSL

NOTE: Alternatively, you can create a dropbox on a network drive.

STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Microsoft Access Developers Toolkit for Windows 95. This problem no longer occurs in Microsoft Office 97 Developer Edition Tools.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Problem

In Microsoft Replication Manager, on the Tools menu, click Configure Microsoft Replication Manager.

On the first screen, select any managed folder, and then click Next.

Click an item in the "Shared Folders on This Computer" list, and click Next. Note that you receive the error message mentioned in the "Symptoms" section.

Keywords : EvnNtw kberrmsg
Version : 7.0
Platform : WINDOWS
Hardware : X86
Issue type : kbbug
Resolution Type : kbfix

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Last reviewed: May 14, 1997
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