Re: Address book hassle
On 28-03-2001 at 20:52, Ming-Li kindly wrote: On Wednesday, March 28, 2001 at 20:19:23 +0200 Karin Spaink wrote: For friends, I have set up a small network (two computers, both running WinNT) using TheBat. The program resides on computer A. All users have their own accounts, plus they have access to the company's main account. There is also an admin account, from which you can access all other accounts. The address book resides in d:\thebat\admin . The hassle is that they keep "losing" the address book. I believe you're using one of the newest version (older versions store the information in the registry), The use TB 1.51. so AFAIK the only place TB stores the location and name of the ABs in use in "AddrBook.INI" under the main directory of the message base (or the "working directory" as TB calls it). Please check all network HDs to see if there're other copies of the same .ini elsewhere. There's only one AddrBook.ini and it listed the correct place. How do they normally use the computers? Do you log-in (into Windows, not TB) with different accounts? If so, I suspect there're some discrepancies as to where the "working directory" is at. The location is stored in the registry under the key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\RIT\The Bat! Since every Windows account has its own "HKEY_CURRENT_USER" tree, they might not share the same value for the "Working Directory" entry. And there are two computers, each with its own user accounts. Right. Indeed most users had a wrong key there, which I have dutifully corrected. The problem seems to be fixed now. Thanks! But this means that although AddrBook.ini is supposed to tell the program where to look for the address book, actually the registry entry takes precedence... - K - -- England and America are two countries separated by the same language. - George Bernard Shaw, Reader's Digest, November 1942 -- __ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] You are subscribed as : archive@jab.org
Re: Address book hassle
On Friday, March 30, 2001 at 15:17:06 +0200 Karin Spaink wrote: There's only one AddrBook.ini and it listed the correct place. So now we know TB doesn't create a new addrbook.ini when it couldn't find one. Right. Indeed most users had a wrong key there, which I have dutifully corrected. The problem seems to be fixed now. Thanks! Glad to hear that. But this means that although AddrBook.ini is supposed to tell the program where to look for the address book, actually the registry entry takes precedence... Yup. It's a dilemma between easier central control or more end user freedom. By storing registry entries under the HKCU key, TB opted for the latter. RIT has said they plan to abandon the registry someday, but we're still waiting. And the problem won't disappear when TB switches to ini-only approach, though with better design it can be minimized. -- Best regards, Ming-Li The Bat! 1.52 Beta/1 | Win2k SP1 -- __ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] You are subscribed as : archive@jab.org
Re: Address book hassle
On Wednesday, March 28, 2001 at 20:19:23 +0200 Karin Spaink wrote: For friends, I have set up a small network (two computers, both running WinNT) using TheBat. The program resides on computer A. All users have their own accounts, plus they have access to the company's main account. There is also an admin account, from which you can access all other accounts. The address book resides in d:\thebat\admin . The hassle is that they keep "losing" the address book. I believe you're using one of the newest version (older versions store the information in the registry), so AFAIK the only place TB stores the location and name of the ABs in use in "AddrBook.INI" under the main directory of the message base (or the "working directory" as TB calls it). Please check all network HDs to see if there're other copies of the same .ini elsewhere. How do they normally use the computers? Do you log-in (into Windows, not TB) with different accounts? If so, I suspect there're some discrepancies as to where the "working directory" is at. The location is stored in the registry under the key: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\RIT\The Bat! Since every Windows account has its own "HKEY_CURRENT_USER" tree, they might not share the same value for the "Working Directory" entry. And there are two computers, each with its own user accounts. I would suggest checking all those registry entries and make sure all have the same "working directory" and see if that solves the problem. -- Best regards, Ming-Li The Bat! 1.52 Beta/1 | Win2k SP1 -- __ Archives : http://tbudl.thebat.dutaint.com Moderators : mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] TBTech List: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] You are subscribed as : archive@jab.org
