>This is a confusing question, so hang in there.
>
>I have customized my current version of ebase (v1.03 running FMPro
>5.1 on our server over a LAN with 8 clients) with some scripts that
>export tab-delimited files to a specified location (for example,
>they currently go to "\\Server\ebase\email lists". These files are
>then massaged by a text-modifying program (TextPad) that runs
>scripts to turn them into files that can easily be used in our
>Eudora address books - these scripts also point to that same folder.
>We want to do two things, and we're not sure which order they should
>be done in (or whether it matters).
>
>- We're going to switch over to Filemaker Server to speed up
>everyone's access, which will also involve moving which directory
>ebase is in (don't ask me why, but the consultant who will install
>FM-server says it is true)
>- We want to change the location of the exported files to a more
>logical location - this will require rewriting small portions of the
>scripts in both ebase and Textpad. Obviously, we'd rather only do
>this once, as it will take awhile.
>
>So our question is - when we switch from ebase in its current mode
>in its current location to Filemaker Server in a different location,
>will the ebase scripts get confused about which directory the export
>scripts are pointing to? I.e., does the export Save As.. command use
>a relative or absolute file-addressing?
FileMaker will direct the export to the same location after your
switch to FileMaker Server in a new location. It shouldn't matter,
though if you will at the same time change the location to the "more
logical location".
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