Work with FTP

Microsoft Office Access 2003

To do this procedure, your company must have an intranet, or you must have access to an Internet site that supports saving files. In addition, you must have access rights to save, and you must add the FTP site to your list of FTP locations.

  1. If the data access page you want to save to an FTP site isn't already open, open it in Page view or Design view. The page you want to save can be a new data access page that has never been saved or an existing data access page.
  2. On the File menu, click Save As.
  3. In the Save As dialog box, type a name for the link to the data access page and click OK.
  4. In the Save As Data Access Page dialog box, click FTP Locations in the Save In box.
  5. In the list of FTP sites, double-click the site you want, and then double-click the location you want to save the data access page to.

    Note  You must have write permissions for the FTP location to save the data access page there.

  6. In the File name box, type a name for the .htm file.
  7. Click Save.

ShowAdd an FTP site to the list of FTP locations

You can add an FTP site to the FTP Locations list in the Open and Save As dialog boxes. To do this, your company must have an intranet or you must have access to the Internet— for example, you could have a modem and an Internet account through a service provider, or you could have access through your corporation's network.

  1. On the File menu, click Open.
  2. In the Look In box, click Add/Modify FTP Locations.
  3. In the Name of FTP site box, type the FTP site name; for example, type ftp.microsoft.com.
  4. To log on to a site anonymously, click Anonymous (some sites don't allow this).

    To log on to a site you have user privileges for, click User, type your logon name, and then type your password if prompted.

  5. Click Add.

ShowRemove an FTP site from the list of Internet sites

  1. On the File menu, click Open.
  2. In the Look In box, click FTP Locations.
  3. Right-click the FTP site you want to remove, and then click Remove on the shortcut menu.

ShowChange the logon name or password for an FTP site

You can change the way you log on to an FTP site. To do this procedure, your company must have an intranet or you must have access to the Internet— for example, you could have a modem and an Internet account through a service provider, or you could have access through your corporation's network.

  1. On the File menu, click Open.
  2. In the Look In box, click FTP Locations.
  3. Right-click the FTP site you want to change, and then click Modify on the shortcut menu.
  4. Change the options you want.