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Notice the title bar in the MyDM Database window.
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Professional Database Development Part IV
Changing the replica
Close MyDM and open Replica of MyDM.mdb. Figure 31-6 shows the Database window for
Replica of MyDM.mdb. Notice the title bar text in the Database window. The table objects you
see in Figure 31-6 are identical to the table objects in Figure 31-5, with the exception that all tables
and other database objects in a replica are read-only, because you cannot make changes to the
design of database objects in a replica. You can, of course, make changes to the data contained in a
replica??™s tables; follow these steps to see how that works:
FIGURE 31-6
A replica looks a lot like a Design Master. Notice the text in the Access title bar.
1. In Replica of MyDM, open the Employees table and change Nancy Davolio??™s name
to Betty Merrill.
2. Close the Employees table and select Tools ??? Replication ??? Synchronize Now to
initiate data synchronization with MyDM. Notice also that you now have a full complement
of replication tasks available to you.


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