In a recent forum message, tcarrier62 wrote:

"I'm trying to replace 2003 data access pages on sharepoint with access 2007 forms. With a data access page you simply saved it to a sharepoint site. Simple easy. I've now read over 50 articles on how easy it is to add data through emails, publish a data base to sharepoint and the user then downloads a local copy then publishes the entire database back up (????) ....all I want is to save a form on our sharepoint site so a user can click on it and enter data just like they did on a data access page.

I don't want to publish a list or import a list or anything else. Just open a form or even a report. I found a wonderful section entitled: Opening forms and reports from an Access database through SharePoint on microsoft.com. The description is exactly what I want to do. But no link or instructions (that I've understood so far) to tell me how to make this work."

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