>>>>I wrote a EXE in vfp50 - The program is on my PC. When the data path
>>>>is set to my local harddrive, it works fine. When I set the data path
>>>>to a network drive it locks up. This is my second program that is set
>>>>up like this and the first one worked great. You would think that there would be something wrong with the database on the network, but I check it and I performed a VALI DATA and it is OK. what do I do?
>>>
>>>
>>>Sounds to me like one of two things:
>>>
>>>1) It is still looking for data on the local drive due to the way VFP saves the paths in the DBC.
>>>
>>>2) The CONFIG.FPW is pointing temporary files to non-existant directories.
>>>
>>>Craig
>>
>>hi Craig and thanks for answering... It is not the CONFIG.FPW and the program
>>finds the data on the local drive.
>>This is the test I did.
>>Station 1 - my computer
>>Station 2 - the computer that locks up
>>
>> On station 1, I open the database that is on the network drive exclusively.
>>I ran the program from station 2 and I am getting a sharing violation.
>>That is what I am suppose to get. On station 1, I closed the database on the
>>network drive and on station 2, I ran the program again. It locked up..
>>This is my second EXE and I did not have this problem on the first one.
>>any more ideas?
>
>Lets look at this more closely..
>
>- What type of network? NT? Netware?
>- Did you create setup disks and install the application on PC 2?
>- Have you run a scan disk on PC 2?
>- Are temp files going to the local drive or the network?
>- What exactly are you doing in the program when it locks up?
>- What is the client OS? WIN NT, 95?
>- When the program locks up, can you shut it down or do you need to reboot? Can you launch other programs?
>
>Craig

Thanks Craig - before I answer these questions - let me tell you I wrote another
app (EXE) and do not have this problem.
>- What type of network? NT? Netware?
Netware 4.0 Novell
>- Did you create setup disks and install the application on PC 2?
yes - installed from a network drive
>- Have you run a scan disk on PC 2?
yes - checks out ok
>- Are temp files going to the local drive or the network?
local drive - setting is in the config.fpw
>- What exactly are you doing in the program when it locks up?
with a SET PATH form, I am changing the path to a network path - when path
is set to the local drive, works great...
>- What is the client OS? WIN NT, 95?
win 95
>- When the program locks up, can you shut it down or do you need to reboot? Can you launch other programs?
I use END TASK from pressing CTRL/ALT/DEL