delete this - it's a mistake with double doubleclick
"Ivan" <ivan.moro@web.de> schrieb im Newsbeitrag 
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> hi steven,
>
> it's not the same whole path, but it's the path to the same directory on 
> the
> server drive, which can have a different drive letter (the rest must be 
> the
> same).
> i can remember, that i've read it as i was much younger and ues it since
> then im hundreds of networks without problems (my own too).
>
> and my manual contains this description for bde-NET DIR setting unchanged
> since the last century.
>
> but if someone uses the same drive-letter too, it's not wrong.
>
>
> "Steven Green" <greens@diamondsg.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
> news:5e36d266$1@pnews.thedbcommunity.com...
>> NO !!  do NOT mix drive letters and still think you have the exact same
>> path
>>
>> as for the SMB question, the issue is new, but seems to be the same
>> "oplocks and caching" issue.. if you don't do ALL machines, the ones you
>> don't do, can create the problems
>>
>> in either case, looking for reasons to NOT do it completely right,
>> completely the same, is looking for reasons to allow it to fail.. paradox
>> tables and indexes are a collection of files that MUST be written out
>> concurrently.. one mistake, access to the table stops
>
> agree.
> but if you activate the smb1, there are two choices which can be made. you
> can activate it:
>
>    for server
>    for client
>
> of course for both too (i activate both)
>
> and there's an option do disable Automatic Removal. I think, Win10 will 
> not
> remove it, if you activate it again (only after the first installation, if
> nobody uses it within the first 15 days).
>
>
> and a question to oplocs:
>
> if smb1 is activated:
> is it necessary to set the registry oplocs values for
>     LanmanServer AND LanmanWorkstation
> with the Parameters
>     EnableOplocs
> the value to
>     0 OR 1    (or different for Server / WS?)
> I handled it years ago on older windows (vista, win 7, ...), but with 
> Win10
> I look now for the first time to this (because I thought, win10 handles it
> itself as necessary).
> If you know the answer, maybe you save my day and I have more time to 
> spend
> with other things.
>
> Ciao
>
> Ivan
>
>
>
>> --
>>
>> Steven Green
>> Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA
>>
>> http://www.OasisTradingPost.com
>>
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>> - and Paradox support, too
>> "Ivan"  wrote in message news:5e3668e1$1@pnews.thedbcommunity.com...
>>
>> disagree:
>>
>> as i know, exactly means the whole path should by the same but the drive
>> letter. this can change on each workstation.
>>
>> period #2 ?
>>
>> i think read this as i was much younger and never had problems with it.
>>
>>
>> additional question to smb1.
>> i activate smb1 on win10 (and if necessary all others since win 7) again.
>> but is it necessary to be activated on all pcs within a network, or just
>> workstations? i.e. is it necessary for "server" too, or server don't need
>> it?
>>
>> thanks for the answer.
>>
>> Ivan
>>
>> "Steven Green" <greens@diamondsg.com> schrieb im Newsbeitrag
>> news:5e35cfc4$1@pnews.thedbcommunity.com...
>>> "exactly" means "exactly".. if one app thinks f:\myapp is the same place
>>> as the other app thinking it's p:\myapp, they don't know they're sharing
>>> and you WILL get corruption when the files get written to
>>>
>>> "exactly" means "exactly".. period !!
>>>
>>> --
>>>
>>> Steven Green
>>> Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, USA
>>>
>>> http://www.OasisTradingPost.com
>>>
>>> Collectibles and Memorabilia
>>> Vintage Lego Sets and Parts
>>> - and Paradox support, too
>>> "Ivan"  wrote in message news:5e348637$1@pnews.thedbcommunity.com...
>>>
>>> hi steven,
>>>
>>> a question:
>>>
>>>> all users must point to the same shared net file, using the EXACT same
>>>> mapping/path.. it can't just resolve to the same location, it must be
>>>> EXACTLY the same.. then, same thing for all shared data
>>>
>>> what means EXACTLY exactly?
>>> e.g. i've an app installed on the drive   P:\MyApp
>>>
>>> NET DIR is set to P:\MyApp
>>>
>>> then I share the whole drive P: within the network.
>>>
>>>
>>> and have one (or more) worstations (ws1, ws2, ...).
>>> eg. ws1 access the drive as N:
>>> the ws2 as Z:
>>> ...
>>>
>>> and on ws1 the NET DIR is set to  N:\MyApp
>>> on ws2 to Z:\MyApp
>>>
>>> ...
>>>
>>> i.e. all pcs points to the same directory MyApp on the "server" drive P:
>>> do you see any problems? and if yes, why?
>>>
>>> thanks
>>>
>>> Ivan
>>>
>>>
>>>> if you think it's all good, and it's not, re-running remlok32 will show
>>>> you all net and lock files out there, per drive, and what net file the
>>>> lock files are pointing to
>>>
>