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>>We are currently in a transition from DOS/Win 3.11 workstations to Windows NT 4.0. Things SHOULD run fine in a DOS session with a PIF file created for the DOS FoxPro programs.
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>>We get a File Access Denied when I issue the command:
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>>SET RESOURCE TO F:\RUNTIME\FOXUSER.DBF
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>>This resource file contains all the needed printer formats/drivers for the DOS Executable programs. The file is on a Novell server FLAG'd as Read Only so that several users can access it at the same time.
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>>Any fixes?
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>Drive F:??? Sounds like your trying to have multiple users use the same resource file.
>You can't do this. The resource file is opened exclusive. Each user should have
>their own copy of the resource file.
I have flagged it as read-only so that multiple users can access it. This method works fine in DOS. The resource file is only used to use printer driver information for Report Forms.
I'm assuming NT locks files differently than DOS?
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