"Steven Green" <greens@diamondsg.com> wrote:
>> I ran NUPDATE and instead of entering 9=none for network type, I entered

>> 8=other and then entered my main Paradox directory as the directory for

>> the network control file.
>
>technically, non-destructive.. but very annoying to find a net file in with

>the data, if you make copies, backups, etc.. you'll immediately bomb out

>every time you try to use the data anyplace other than in the original 
>location, unless you delete that net file and any related lock files..
>
By "my main Paradox directory", I meant E:\PDOX45, where I have the program
installed, not a directory in which I store tables, etc.
>
>>  But I don't know where the program is getting an initialization input

>> that indicates it is being used on a network (when it isn't).
>
>PdoxDOS assumes A thru D are local, E and above are shared.. but even when

>running completely local, you should define a net file, etc., beause it

>keeps the engine from playing loosey-goosey with memory.. same thing as

>telling the BDE that Local Share is TRUE on a stand-alone machine..
>
Is is possible to change the setup so that Paradox also assumes E: to be
local?