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But If I want to change the path for the linked table to relative path in MS. Can I change it in MS Access using 'Link Manager' or another way? Using relative paths, these adjustments are necessary: When moving a map document or toolbox, you must also move the referenced data. When delivering documents, toolboxes, and data to another user, relative paths should be used. Otherwise, the recipient's computer must have the same directory structure as yours.
As mentioned on my post above, I've been trying to link an Excel spreadsheet to an Access database. Unfortunately, when I try to port it to another computer, I don't know how to make Excel recognize Access in a relative path.
I noticed that I have to edit my Connection string to migrate the data to another computer in the Connection Properties Definition tab. Is there any way to force it to use relative paths so that doesn't have to be done each time? I.e. when I distribute the database with the spreadsheet, I'd like to just ask them to keep the two files together in the same folder without having to ask them to edit the connection string each time. I noticed if I try to put in relative paths in the Connection string it won't recognize them. Is that something I can do in the File Options?
Currently when I try to set it anything other than (imagine the path is where the database currently resides):
Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;User ID=Admin;Data Source=PATHTemplate database.accdb;Mode=ReadWrite;Extended Properties=';Jet OLEDB:System database=';Jet OLEDB:Registry Path=';Jet OLEDB:Engine Type=6;Jet OLEDB:Database Locking Mode=1;Jet OLEDB:Global Partial Bulk Ops=2;Jet OLEDB:Global Bulk Transactions=1;Jet OLEDB:New Database Password=';Jet OLEDB:Create System Database=False;Jet OLEDB:Encrypt Database=False;Jet OLEDB:Don't Copy Locale on Compact=False;Jet OLEDB:Compact Without Replica Repair=False;Jet OLEDB:SFP=False;Jet OLEDB:Support Complex Data=False;Jet OLEDB:Bypass UserInfo Validation=False;Jet OLEDB:Limited DB Caching=False;Jet OLEDB:Bypass ChoiceField Validation=False
changing to:
Provider=Microsoft.ACE.OLEDB.12.0;User ID=Admin;Data Source=..Template database.accdb;Mode=ReadWrite;Extended Properties=';Jet OLEDB:System database=';Jet OLEDB:Registry Path=';Jet OLEDB:Engine Type=6;Jet OLEDB:Database Locking Mode=1;Jet OLEDB:Global Partial Bulk Ops=2;Jet OLEDB:Global Bulk Transactions=1;Jet OLEDB:New Database Password=';Jet OLEDB:Create System Database=False;Jet OLEDB:Encrypt Database=False;Jet OLEDB:Don't Copy Locale on Compact=False;Jet OLEDB:Compact Without Replica Repair=False;Jet OLEDB:SFP=False;Jet OLEDB:Support Complex Data=False;Jet OLEDB:Bypass UserInfo Validation=False;Jet OLEDB:Limited DB Caching=False;Jet OLEDB:Bypass ChoiceField Validation=False
won't work.
And suggestions how to edit the preferences in Excel to force it to use relative paths?
No aspect of web design is more web-centric than hyperlinks (commonly referred to simply as links). The ability to create a link on a page and allow readers to easily access other content is one of the defining traits that set websites apart from other communication mediums like print or broadcast media.
These links are easy to add to a page, and they can be to other web pages, either on your site or elsewhere on the Web. You can also have links to other resources, like images, videos, or documents. Still, as easy as links are to add, they are also one of the items that many new web designers struggle to understand at first, especially in terms of the concept of file paths and what an absolute versus a relative path means, as well as when one is used instead of the other.
In each of the links instances described above, you need to consider how you're going to connect to those various pages or resources from your site. Specifically, you need to decide what kind of URL path you will write. In web design, there are two standard ways to create links and two kinds of paths that you can use:
- Absolute paths
- Relative paths
Absolute Path URLs
Absolute paths use URLs that refer to a very specific location on the Internet. These paths will include a domain name as part of the link path itself. An example of the absolute path to this web page is:
You would typically an absolute path when you want to point to Web elements that are on a domain other than your own. For example, if you wanted to link to a page on a different website here, you would need to include the full URL for that link since you are leaving one domain (webdesign.lifewire.com) to go to another. That link would simply add the element inside the page with the URL used as the value of the 'href' attribute for that link.
So if you are linking to anything that is 'off site' from your own, you will need to use an absolute path, but what about pages or resources on your own domain? You could actually use absolute paths even if you are linking to pages on your own site, but it is not required and, depending on your development environment, absolute paths could cause problems.
For example, if you have a development environment that you use during the creation of a website, and you code all the URLs absolutely to that URL, then they will all need to be changed when the site goes live. To avoid this problem, the file paths for any local resources should use Relative Paths.
Relative Path URLs
Relative paths change depending upon the page the links are on — they are relative to the page that they are one (hence the name). If you are linking to a page on your own site or an image inside of an 'images' directory on that site, a relative path is what you will likely use. Relative paths do not use the full URL of a page, unlike the absolute paths we just looked at.
There are several rules to creating a link using the relative path:
- Links in the same directory as the current page have no path information listed:
- Sub-directories are listed without any preceding slashes:
- Links up one directory are listed as:
How to Determine the Relative Path
- First, define the URL of the page you are editing. In the case of the example article listed above, that would be /filename.
You will see here that we write the relative path by beginning that path with a forward slash (/). That character tells the browser to go to the root of the current directory. From there, you can add whatever folders or file names you need for your specific resource, drilling down to folders and documents to finally land upon the exact resource which you would like to be linked.
So in summary — if you are linked off-site, you will use an absolute path that includes the full path to whatever you wish to connect to. If you are linked to a file on the domain which the page you are coding resides, you can use a relative path that essentially navigates from the page you are on, through the file structure of the site, and finally to the resource which you need.