Hello ztrader,
On Monday, September 18, 2000 at 11:04:52 GMT -0700 (which was 11:04 AM
where I live) witnesses say ztrader typed:
> I'm a bit unclear about 'access'. Are you saying that the file is not
> sent over the net as a file, but opened as though it were a regular
> local net file?
Exactly. Have you ever worked on a Windows based network before? If
you haven't, then I'll go into a bit of detail.
Windows allows you to share resources, one of them being hard
drives. If the sender's HD is set up to allow access by other company
employees, then they just need to provide a link to their file, and
recipient can open up the file from the sender's HD directly.
> If the document is a Word document, for example, could it not contain
> a virus, and thus 'bring it in' when the doc is opened?
This only works inside a company with a LAN, so hopefully no employees
are making macro virii during their coffee breaks. (Speaking of Macro
Virii, can someone tell me how to turn off macros in Office 2000
offlist? Thanks.)
> Could I reference a readable file on any computer, anywhere? Why only
> within the company?
Only if the recipient machines have access to the sender's HD. Most
companies have firewalls in place that prevent such access.
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Thanks for writing,
Januk Aggarwal
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under Windows 98 4.10 Build 2222 A
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