The BDE allows the drive letter of the netdir folder to be different as 
long as the rest of the path matches.

Paradox might enforce the same driver letter, that I don't know.



On 7/04/2021 8:20 PM, modridirkac wrote:
> Location of cfg file is not important.
> What is written in file is what counts.
>
> I have cfg files on local computers.
> In c:\app\ folder.
>
> But all configurations must point to SAME folder for net file.
> You must have SAME value in "NET DIR" field.
>
> If you use mapped drives, they must be mapped on same letter on all
> computers.
> You can not have net dir as "w:\app\net\" on one and "x:\app\net" on other.
> Also can not mix "x:\app\net" and "\\server\samba\app\net"
>
> Jure
>
>
> On Wed, 07 Apr 2021 09:25:15 +0200, Tom Krieg
> <REMOVEtomkCAPITALS@sdassociates.com.au> wrote:
>
>> Do all users using a shared Paradox table database have to use the
>> same idapi32.cfg file and directory? For example, if I have 2 users,
>> UserA and UserB, do both users have to have the same (shared) NET
>> directory and NET file defined in their respective BDE Admin? Or can
>> the idapi32.cfg file sit on the hard drive of each user and just point
>> to a shared Alias?
>>
>> It's been so long since I set up a multi-user Paradox database system
>> I've forgotten.
>
>

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