To Share a Survey Database on a Network

Note: If you share a survey database that references a user-defined coordinate system, you must make the user-defined coordinate system available to all users of the survey database.

Multi-user access to a survey database on a network has changed due to the new Microsoft® SQL Server® Compact 3.5 format.

Note: If a survey database is located on a shared folder on the network and is opened for editing, it is opened exclusively and all others are prevented from opening it, even in read-only mode. If the survey database is only opened as read-only, others can also open it as read-only.

To open a survey database for edit

To open a survey database for read-only

A database that is open for read-only mode displays a icon.

Tip: Double-click a closed database to open it in read-only mode. Double-click an open database to display the Survey Database Settings dialog box.