Provided that the remote workgroup was originally set up as either a mirror workgroup or a replica workgroup, OfficeTalk will let you manually replicate the data held in the remote workgroup database and the local workgroup database.
To do this, click the Remote Workgroup using the right mouse button. The context sensitive menu will appear. Select Merge… from the menu. A Merge Remote Workgroup dialog box is displayed. This dialog box lets you choose between sending local updates to the remote workgroup, receiving updates made by the remote workgroup, or both. Select the third option, Send And Receive Updates and press Finish.
If the replication method is synchronous, OfficeTalk will send and receive changes, updating both databases there and then. If the replication method is asynchronous or e-mail, OfficeTalk will create a package of data representing the changes made locally. This package of data is called a command. OfficeTalk will transfer, or send the command to the remote workgroup along with another command, requesting the remote workgroups changes. According to its own schedule, the remote workgroup will process the commands, updating its own database with the appropriate changes and compiling a command representing its own changes which is ready for collection the next time that you send and receive updates.