>>>>>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


I want to make sure I understand exactly "when" this happens...is it happening on the SET PATH command?

Craig