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Another comment... I'm testing this in my own environment using an Office 2013 and an Office 2010 machine. &nbsp;It is the Office 2010 machine that is giving me the message. &nbsp;Not the other way around.
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Another comment... I'm testing this in my own environment using an Office 2013 and an Office 2010 machine.  It is the Office 2010 machine that is giving me the message.  Not the other way around.

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I have a split database. &nbsp;The back-end file is on a server. &nbsp;The front-end file is on every user's computer and is linked to the back-end. <br />
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&nbsp;If user #1 has a record open via a form and user #2 tries to even open the database they get a message indicating that the BACKEND file is in use. &nbsp;Then the main menu opens but they can't go to any record.<br />
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Why would this be happening?
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I have a split database.  The back-end file is on a server.  The front-end file is on every user's computer and is linked to the back-end. 

 If user #1 has a record open via a form and user #2 tries to even open the database they get a message indicating that the BACKEND file is in use.  Then the main menu opens but they can't go to any record.

Why would this be happening?

Back-end file locked for second user

Microsoft Access is a rapid application development (RAD) relational database tool. Access can be used for both desktop and web-based applications, and uses VBA (Visual Basic for Applications) as its coding language.