Solution 1: Don't store the complete path, only the relative path. The root directory must be controllable by the user, in another word it should be possible to change it in a configuration screen.
Solution 2: NEVER zap, unless it's for maintenance, like once or twice per year! Use cursors instead, or check Set Deleted in Help.
If you MUST zap, reread Solution 2 until you change your mind.
>Thanks Its working. One more Favour,
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>I have created a application that works fine for single user. The application has a Bill.dbf which contains the name of file and its location on Hard disk.
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>When the user search for the file its Name & location is instantly displayed on screen .Further When the user click on the location link the file it is opened there and then only . I have used Shell command to open the File for this. For a single user it is working fine.
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>Now I have been asked to make it multi user so that any one on the network could search from anywhere and could open the file.
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>For the above purpose I have made a small interface that will have two menus namely Search & Exit. The above interface will be installed at the various network PC
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>When I search for Bills from Network PC, The data as contained in Bills.dbf i.e Filename & its location is displayed on Network Screen. However, When I click the same the it didn’t gets opened obviously because the Path saved was E:\Bills\12345.pbf i.e the local path of Server Machine where Bills and the main application is installed.
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>In other words what I will have to change my location to make it universal for all machines including Server & Network Machine, means something like \\ABC\BILLS\E\12345.PDF instead of E:\BILLS\12345.PDF so that when I click on the link in interface, or server the file should get opened.
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>Up till now since I was using single user, I was able to PACK and ZAP Records in between the execution of Procedures/program. But Since now I will be under multi network, what is the best way to execute PACK, ZAP etc.
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>Kindly Give other guidance by your own to have good network application
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>GETDIR() shows network comps, just try it with GETDIR("","","",64)
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>>>I am trying to make a tool that list path of all the the PS files in a .dbf file.
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>>>Using GETDIR() Command I am able to fetch Data from the local drive, but since GETDIR() does not show network drive, I am using an other function desigend by You "FUNCTION SelDirDlg" as defined in my Functions.prg
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>>>My problem is that when I use GETDIR() Function it works fine and I am able to fetch my desired records but When I Use "FUNCTION SelDirDlg" in place of GETDIR() to fetch from some folder from a network drive it starts giving numerious errors like:
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>>>1) NO Parameters Defined
>>>2) INvalid Path
>>>3) Nesting Error etc etc
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>>>I tried hard to overcome but could not do so.
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>>>Can you help me by making necessary changes in my program file GETALLFILES.PRG or any other file as you deem fit so that I could add data from Network Drive also and please also tell me what changes have been made and why & where I was going wrong.
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>>>My objective is to Fetch Data from Network Drive similarly as I could fetch from local drive using GETDIR().
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>>>FUNCTION SelDirDlg is defined under Functions.prg, however when I use it in place of GETDIR(), it generates error
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>>>My small Application code can be downloaded from
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https://www.dropbox.com/s/3xutsnlbe2b7dbp/CBMS.zip>>>
>>>Thanks in anticipation
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>>>Regards
