Can I link to tables in an instance of MSDE from Access 2003?

I have a small program that linked to ACT! version 6 dbf files. I now have
ACT!7 SQL version. This uses MSDE. I need to link to the ACT! tables in the
MSDE instance. Any hints? ACT! technical help says I can not link. I
thought I would ask the real MSDE experts instead.
hi Scott,
Scott wrote:
> I have a small program that linked to ACT! version 6 dbf files. I
> now have ACT!7 SQL version. This uses MSDE. I need to link to the
> ACT! tables in the MSDE instance. Any hints? ACT! technical help
> says I can not link. I thought I would ask the real MSDE experts
> instead.
what do you mean by "link"?
Andrea Montanari (Microsoft MVP - SQL Server)
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|||Access/JET supports linked tables as does SQL Server itself. This is mostly
a matter of setting up the links from within Access. I have not done this in
years so I can't help with the current versions, but I don't see a reason
why it can't be done unless the ACT! database rights have been tuned to
prevent this.
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"Scott" <Scott@.discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:D75B4CED-FF49-4CFC-BAB6-DE4538CBF476@.microsoft.com...
>I have a small program that linked to ACT! version 6 dbf files. I now have
> ACT!7 SQL version. This uses MSDE. I need to link to the ACT! tables in
> the
> MSDE instance. Any hints? ACT! technical help says I can not link. I
> thought I would ask the real MSDE experts instead.