The Rplfaq97.exe file contains a Microsoft Word document titled "Frequently Asked Questions About Microsoft Access Replication" written by Mary Chipman, Michael Kaplan, Paul Litwin, and Steve Thompson. This document answers many Microsoft Access replication questions you may have.

You can view the "Frequently Asked Questions About Microsoft Access Replication" document by downloading it. Download the file by clicking the following download link: The Rplfaq97.exe file contains the following files:

   Replfaq.doc   Microsoft Access Replication FAQ Document.
   Readme.txt    This information in text format.
				

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The "Frequently Asked Questions About Microsoft Access Replication" paper contains the following topics:

•	What is a GUID?
•	Can I use a GUID as a Primary Key field?
•	Why did replication change all my AutoNumber fields to Random Increment?
•	Can I use a field with a GUID in a criteria for a DLookup? In a parameter query? In a search?
•	Why do strange numbers sometimes appear in my list boxes and combo boxes?
•	What are some design issues I should consider with replication?
•	Why do some of my objects get renamed?
•	How can I synchronize in a single direction?
•	Can I use database level passwords with replication?
•	How do I implement security with replication?
•	How do I refresh linked tables in a replicated database?
•	How do I replicate an application that has implemented split data and code MDBs?
•	How do I compact a replicated database?
•	How do I repair a corrupted Design Master?
•	What is Replication Manager?
•	My RAS connection for synchronization is really slow, how can I speed up the synchronization process?
•	What is indirect synchronization and how do I make it work?
•	Can I use DAO to perform indirect synchronization?
•	How do I create a partial replica?
•	The Partial Replica wizard only lets me define a partial replica filter to one table. How do I create additional replica table filters?
•	Can I make replication work from Microsoft SQL Server and Microsoft Access?
•	Why does my replica report that it has expired? How can I fix it?
•	Can I create MDEs for use with replication?
•	Can I Import/Export data from a replicated database?
•	Why do I get a conflict when I synchronize my replicas?
•	How can I avoid (or at least minimize) data conflicts?
•	How does Microsoft Access resolve synchronization conflicts?
•	How do I prevent replication data errors?
•	Once a data error does exist, how can I get rid of it?
•	Is there any way to create my own replication conflict manager?
•	Will replication work with Banyan Vines and LANtastic?
•	Troubleshooting tips for Novell networks
•	How do I get rid of replication errors for a replica that no longer exists?
•	Why don't some of my design changes propagate to the replicas?
•	I am having frequent database corruption problems. What to do?
•	How do I remove a "dead" replica?
•	I get the error message, "'MyData.mdb' isn't an index in this table. Look in the indexes collection of the TableDef object to determine the valid index names."
•	Should I use Briefcase manager to handle replication?
•	Can I use replication with Visual Source Safe?
•	How do I remove replication?
•	How do I implement a progress meter to display synchronization status?
•	Should I use backup utilities with my replicas?
•	Can I replicate through e-mail instead of over a network or dialup connection?
•	How do I recover a lost or corrupted Design Master?
•	How can I transfer Design Master status to another replica member?
•	Can I have more than one Design Master in a replica set?
•	How can I detect that the current replica member is the Design Master?
•	Why shouldn't I use replication for transactional processing applications?
•	How do I set up Internet replication?
•	Can I use Replication Manager to schedule synchronizations over the Internet?
•	How can I synchronize over the Internet using Visual Basic for Applications code?
•	I installed Internet Explorer 4.0 and can no longer replicate my Microsoft Access 95 applications.
•	My RWOP queries in my secured application won't replicate over the Internet.
•	How do I convert a Microsoft Access 95 replica set to Microsoft Access 97?
•	If I must use Replication Manager and Synchronizer for Internet synchronization, must I purchase a copy of the Microsoft Office 97 Developer Edition (ODE) for each user?
•	Additional References and Resources