Martha,
I think what Cindy is asking if the app has something like c:\MyApp\data coded into it or something like that.
If your application is looking at c: drive( hard coded) right now, once all the machines are connected to the network you’ll have to change your application to reflect where the data resides
Let say the server will have the data in d:\mydata. This folder will be "shared"
Now you Map a Network Drive X: (or whatever) in each machine to: \\server\d:\mydata

You application, if now says c:\MyApp\data, will now have to change it to x:\MyApp\data
In other words, once in the network the only thing that changes is the name of the Drive.



>Hi Cindy,
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>I hope the right answer to your question is... through the data environment. Which is just dandy as long as everything is running from the C: drive. But, I will need to "redetermine" where it should look once the data is on the server at the client. I was also hoping to be able to fake it out, for testing purposes, with the use of three separate drives I have available. Since I'm not familiar with how the setup routine will work in a network situation, I'm hoping that's where this happens. Although, as I said, I would hate to make assumptions like that that may prevent me from having a successful installation.
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>(A little background info on this project...I shot my mouth off as to all the great stuff this client can have happen for them if they were willing to give up their spreadsheets. I've done this before, except network issues are something I've been able to "avoid" until now.)
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>Thanks for your help,
>m :)