Malkie, 1) As you've seen, DP works better with a mapped drive letter than with trying to use a UNC path.
2) I've had no problems running Shell on a Windows network. I use Shell 4.0c from 04/06/94. When you say you tried "without success", what specifically happened? Tim Rude ----- Original Message ----- From: "barmag" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2011 1:13 PM Subject: Re: [Dataperf] Network Problem > > Map \\main\f to a drive letter such as F: > > > > Then run F:\DP26F\DP23\dp.exe. > > > > Tim Rude > > 1) Thank you, Tim, for your response. I did it as per your suggestion and > created a shortcut on test.str file which opens with dp.exe and it works fine. > Is this indeed the way to access my Test database? > > 2) I tried accessing the same database through Shell.exe or Shell.com but > without success. What has to be done to be able to use the Shell > environment via Network? > > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: barmag > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2011 7:08 AM > > Subject: [Dataperf] Network Problem > > > > Hi; > > > > I've been using DP for many years and for many clients without the > > need of a network. Now I have to install this program to run on a > > network on Windows XP but it doesn't work properly. > > > > 1) Running DP via dp.exe works fine with the following commandline: > > \\main\f\DP26F\DP23\dp.exe, except that the Pathname in DP always has > > to be entered manually even though I provided the name of the folder > > this program will load from in the Working field on the desktop icon: > > \\main\f\DP26F\Test. > > > > 2) When running DP under Shell through the network I get the error > > message "invalid drive was specified" even when I click directly on > > shell.exe or shell.com via the network. > > > > Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. > > Malkie > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Dataperf mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf > > > > Map \\main\f to a drive letter such as F: > > > > Then run F:\DP26F\DP23\dp.exe. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: barmag > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2011 7:08 AM > > Subject: [Dataperf] Network Problem > > > > Hi; > > > > I've been using DP for many years and for many clients without the > > need of a network. Now I have to install this program to run on a > > network on Windows XP but it doesn't work properly. > > > > 1) Running DP via dp.exe works fine with the following commandline: > > \\main\f\DP26F\DP23\dp.exe, except that the Pathname in DP always has > > to be entered manually even though I provided the name of the folder > > this program will load from in the Working field on the desktop icon: > > \\main\f\DP26F\Test. > > > > 2) When running DP under Shell through the network I get the error > > message "invalid drive was specified" even when I click directly on > > shell.exe or shell.com via the network. > > > > Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. > > Malkie > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Dataperf mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf > > > > Map \\main\f to a drive letter such as F: > > > > Then run F:\DP26F\DP23\dp.exe. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: barmag > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2011 7:08 AM > > Subject: [Dataperf] Network Problem > > > > Hi; > > > > I've been using DP for many years and for many clients without the > > need of a network. Now I have to install this program to run on a > > network on Windows XP but it doesn't work properly. > > > > 1) Running DP via dp.exe works fine with the following commandline: > > \\main\f\DP26F\DP23\dp.exe, except that the Pathname in DP always has > > to be entered manually even though I provided the name of the folder > > this program will load from in the Working field on the desktop icon: > > \\main\f\DP26F\Test. > > > > 2) When running DP under Shell through the network I get the error > > message "invalid drive was specified" even when I click directly on > > shell.exe or shell.com via the network. > > > > Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. > > Malkie > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Dataperf mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf > > > > Map \\main\f to a drive letter such as F: > > > > Then run F:\DP26F\DP23\dp.exe. > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: barmag > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Sunday, May 08, 2011 7:08 AM > > Subject: [Dataperf] Network Problem > > > > Hi; > > > > I've been using DP for many years and for many clients without the > > need of a network. Now I have to install this program to run on a > > network on Windows XP but it doesn't work properly. > > > > 1) Running DP via dp.exe works fine with the following commandline: > > \\main\f\DP26F\DP23\dp.exe, except that the Pathname in DP always has > > to be entered manually even though I provided the name of the folder > > this program will load from in the Working field on the desktop icon: > > \\main\f\DP26F\Test. > > > > 2) When running DP under Shell through the network I get the error > > message "invalid drive was specified" even when I click directly on > > shell.exe or shell.com via the network. > > > > Any help would be appreciated. Thanks in advance. > > Malkie > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Dataperf mailing list > > [email protected] > > http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf > > > _______________________________________________ > Dataperf mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf > _______________________________________________ Dataperf mailing list [email protected] http://lists.dataperfect.nl/mailman/listinfo/dataperf
