Ah, great news. That sounds like it will achieve what I want to do. If the data in the file needs updating (e.g. new forms to add) I could temporarily un write protect it, update it, and restore normality.
In normal everyday use, nobody will need to write to it. If I need to update it, I'll tell everyone not to use it until I tell them I've finished (administrator rules OK!) Thanks Marcel and everyone, just the information I wanted. Dilwyn Jones > From: Marcel Kilgus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2005/02/11 Fri PM 03:28:31 GMT > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [ql-users] network installation of QPC2 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > As long as nobody opens a channel to write to it, > > Doesn't matter whether you open the file for writing or only for > reading. The drive will be blocked. > > But I just remember one other solution. If you set the .WIN file > attribute to "read only" in Windows then the QPCs will open the file > in a different mode. In this mode two or more QPCs can actually have > the file opened *at the same time* because they can be sure that no > other application will be able to corrupt the cached FAT data. > > Marcel > > _______________________________________________ > QL-Users Mailing List > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm > _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
