In message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, George
Gwilt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
Hi,
Does the recent article in QL Today, by Dilwyn Jones, cover this ?
Entitled "Relative Path Names and QL Emulators".
Using the DOS command of "..\" - where the - dot dot backslash - takes
you to the root directory of a device.
So, if your WIN1_ is kept in the root directory of the C Drive, then >
..\QXL.WIN
would define WIN1_ is in the QPC2 Configuration window.
If your WIN3_ is still called QXL.WIN by default, but is held somewhere
else, then you can use >
..\Somewhere\QXL.WIN
to define where WIN3_ is in the QPC2 Configuration window.
He also suggests making use of WIN_DRIVE and DOS_DRIVE commands.
So, the same WIN3_ could be assigned as >
WIN_DRIVE 3,'..\Somewhere\QXL_WIN'
( Note : The use of the single quotes ).
He then goes on to describe using UNC ( Universal Naming Convention ) to
specify the location of resources on a local network.
The format is >
\\server_name\shared_resource\path_name
Suppose your other machine - server_name - is "Computer2".
It can then be accessed by >
\\Computer2\mydocs\Example.doc
You have to make the other computer a "shared resource" to do this.
On a PC, with WIN XP, you do all this from My Network Places. Just read
through the Help files to assist how it is done.
It is very useful, too, for sharing a portable PC with a main desktop
PC.
For QL Emulators, Dilwyn also goes on to describe in the article how to
do something similar with QL2K and QEMULATOR.
When I put my QPC2 onto a stick I had to define where WIN1 to WIN3
were. The definition depended on what letter each host machine decided
to use for the stick. This was no problem.
However I have tried without success to define a WIN file across a PC
network. Does anyone know how to do this? Or indeed to be able to "see"
any file across such a network.
George
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