Your application will need to create the directory (or you do it manually). Also, are any people working on a terminal server? If so, they will need their own temporary area on the local machine.

If you have a loader program (which I highly suggest), that program can create the directory(ies) as needed.

-w-

>Wayne
>I assume I can create a config file and add it to the project with the following script in it.
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>TMPFILES=c:\work
>EDITWORK=c:\work
>SORTWORK=c:\work
>PROGWORK=c:\work
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>Will I need to create the directory on each PC or will it automatically be created by VFP. If it is not there what happens? Sorry for asking such rudimentary question but I never had the need to use them before and the literature I have read doesn't say much other than how to call them. How is designating temp file location better than the default windows temp files location.
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>Thanks
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>Gaylen
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>>It is something you need to setup in your vfp program. You say that each program has an exe installed on it - put a config.fpw on the local workstation that points to a temporary directory on the user's drive (make it with vfp if it does not exist).
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>>TMPFILES=''
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>>-w-
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>>>Each workstation has an exe which calls an app from the network. Would it be set up as part of the runtime or would I need to set it up. I'm pleading ignorance as I've never had to set up temp directories before and not sure how to do it or what they do.
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>>>Gaylen
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>>>>Does each user have their own temporary directory?
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>>>>>Just built a new application with VFP8 and went live Monday. I have gotten a few "File in use by another user" error messages. I use views and cursors exclusively and the I only time I go against the dbc and table is when I do an insert or a sql statement. There are twenty users key very hard against the main files. I have used the default value for set reprocess. It appears I will have to use a higher value for set reprocess. What are the downfalls if any for a higher value in set reprocess or if you have any suggestions in how to prevent the errors would be greatly appreciate it. Should I consider setting reprocess to automatic. The help files gives some alternatives but I was looking for some real world experiences or best practices.
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>>>>>Thanks
>>>>>Gaylen