>I have a customer experiencing the following problem. Any ideas?
>
>From within a FoxPro for Windows 2.6a application:
> -With Netware 4.11 reports that a null file does not exist (as expected)
> -With Netware 5.0 reports that a null file does exist (as NOT expected)
>
>With Netware 5.0 the following code outputs .T. (true)
>JC=""
>? FILE(JC)
>
>FoxPro Syntax for FILE()
> FILE()
> Returns a logical true (.T.) if the specified file is found on disk.
>
>Other specifics:
>
>Dos,Nfs,Long Name Spaces loaded on the server.
>Experienced on both a standard volume and a NSS vol
>
>On workstation: Windows 95 4.00.950 B using Novell Netware Client 3.1.0.0
>Did find Shrink Path to Dot, I tried to turn that off.... It did not change the problem.
>
>c:\autoexec.bat
>C:\PROGRA~1\NETWOR~1\MCAFEE~1\SCANPM.EXE C:\
>@IF ERRORLEVEL 1 PAUSE
>SET Path=%PATH%;"C:\NovDoc\KServer"
>PATH C:\Novell\Client32;%PATH%
>SET ClassPath=%CLASSPATH%;C:\NovDoc\KServer\NVClass.zip
>Set NWLANGUAGE=ENGLISH
>
>Any ideas would be appreciated.
>
>Larry Poor
>Larry@SoonerMicro.com
>Sooner Micro Systems
>Tulsa Oklahoma
>(800) 324-9393

Were you using the same client software on the W/S, but differing only in the server version?

Regardless, I would suspect the Novell Client32 software first. Typically it has a lot of settings you can play around with. If you haven't already been there go out to http://support.novell.com and search on FoxPro. If you don't get the answer there, look at the client settings and turn off or minimize any that attempt to cache data at the client. Historically, overly aggressive default settings by Novell have caused problems.

Regards. Al

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