>>I am looking for suggestions to deal with foxuser.dbf problems. Every once in a while customers get error something to the extend of program not being able to read foxuser.dbf. It usually crashes the system. The foxuser.dbf typically (in how I install the application) reside on the shared drive on the server.
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>>My questions are:
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>>1. Can I disable my application to use FoxUser.dbf at all? Is it a good idea (if possible)?
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>Yes, just put RESOURCE=OFF in the Config.FPW. The main issues for an application are around reporting and toolbars.
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>>2. Can I place the FoxUser.dbf on the local drive? Is it a good approach?
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>Yes. It's never a good idea to share a read-write FoxUser among multiple users.
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>>3. What else can I do?
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>Make FoxUser.DBF read-only, after setting it up as your customers want it.
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>Any of these solutions should solve your problem.
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>Tamar
Tamar,
Thank you very much for your suggestions. Do I understand correctly (on point 2) that my using one FoxUser.dbf on the shared drive is not a good idea, right? If so, how do I specify in my application that it should create/use foxuser.dbf on a local drive?
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