Microsoft KB Archive/237590

= The "Import/Link Data on an FTP or HTTP Server" Help topic is not correct in Access 2000, Access 2002, Access 2003 and Access 2007 =

Article ID: 237590

Article Last Modified on 1/24/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Access 2000 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Access 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Office Access 2003
 * Microsoft Office Access 2007

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This article was previously published under Q237590



Novice: Requires knowledge of the user interface on single-user computers.

This article applies to a Microsoft Access database (.mdb) and to a Microsoft Access project (.adp).



SYMPTOMS
In Microsoft Access 2000, Microsoft Access 2002, Microsoft Office Access 2003, and Microsoft Office Access 2007, the Help topic "Import or link (read-only) data on an FTP or HTTP Internet Server" incorrectly states that you can import or link data from a remote HTTP server.

If you try to follow the steps in the Help topic to import or link data from a remote FTP or HTTP server, you receive one of the following error messages:

Either the Internet is very slow or there is some problem in the replication manager setup on the internet server machine

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Invalid internet address

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Internet login failure

After you click OK to close the first error message, you see a second error message:

The wizard is unable to access information in the file. Please check that the file exists and is in the correct format.



CAUSE
This problem occurs because Access 2000, Access 2002, Access 2003 and Access 2007 do not support importing or linking data from a remote FTP or HTTP server.



RESOLUTION
Save the file or HTML page to your hard disk or Intranet site, and then import or link the file from there.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed in the "Applies to" section.

Additional query words: pra two

Keywords: kbbug kbdocerr kbpending KB237590

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