Hi Hank,
Yes, I do understand this. But I need to think and understand why, when I map this "fictitious" name to a letter, and the application changes the content of the SYSDATA.DBF, this change happens to some SYSDATA.DBF that I can't find. That is, I thought that since the application changes the file SYSDATA.DBF in the "fictitious" folder, I should see this change in the mapped folder. I am sure I miss something.
Thank you.
>Hi Dmitry,
>
>When you "share" a folder with other machines on the network, you can give is the name you want -- it does not have to be the "real" name of the directory underneath. Perhaps that is what happened.
>
>Hank
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>I have one customer which has my VFP 9 application installed an odd way (in my view). Here is the description of the problem:
>>In the application folder (typically \\servername\myappname\) there is a DBF file, SYSDATA.DBF. This file has the actual location of the application (e.g. "\\servername\myappname\")
>>When the application starts (in this folder, \\servername\myappname\), there is a feature where the application can change the value stored in the SYSDATA.DBF.
>>
>>So, this customer, has the desktop shortcut property Start In as:
>>
>>\\fileshare\orgname\dept\facilities\shared\
>>
>>The applications starts from this shortcut, no problem.
>>I tried, from the application, change the value of the application folder name. Changed it to some bogus name.
>>Then, I mapped the drive \\fileshare\orgname\dept\facilities\shared\ to letter Z:
>>When I look at the Z: drive, the file SYSDATA.DBF is not changed. It still has the old date and time stamp.
>>Yes, when I try to open the application, again, from the desktop shortcut, the application fails - because I changed the application location.
>>
>>My question is, how do I map the drive \\fileshare\orgname\dept\facilities\shared\ so that I can see the actual file SYSDATA.DBF?
>>
>>UPDATE. I know - because I installed the application - it is physically installed in the following folder on the server:
>>c:\myappname\
>>
>>So, somehow, they mapped the above folder to \\fileshare\orgname\dept\facilities\shared\ But I don't understand how.
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