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- From: rob@leland.Stanford.EDU (Rob Tanner)
- Subject: Re: Problem with FileMaker Pro version 2.0v2 on a CAP volume
- Message-ID: <1993Jan11.185830.5916@leland.Stanford.EDU>
- Keywords: CAP FileMaker
- Sender: news@leland.Stanford.EDU (Mr News)
- Organization: Stanford University, California
- References: <1993Jan8.225458.24150@leland.Stanford.EDU>
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- Date: Mon, 11 Jan 93 18:58:30 GMT
- Lines: 31
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- In article <1993Jan8.225458.24150@leland.Stanford.EDU> "Rob Tanner" <rob@sherlock.stanford.edu> writes:
- >
- >I have an on-going (meaning I haven't been able to fix it yet) with
- >FileMaker Pro version 2.0 (both 2.0v1 and 2.0v2) files becoming
- >damaged (and sometimes NOT recoverable) when residing on a CAP volume.
- >I have not had the same problem with files residing on the Mac.
- >
-
- I received the following reply by e-mail:
-
- =>Unfortunately, FileMaker and CAP are incompatible because CAP does not
- =>support the Open/Deny modes that FileMaker requires to detect that a file
- =>is open by another user. So when two or more users attempt to open the
- =>same file from a CAP server, the file usually becomes corrupted.
- =>
- =>The only safe way to use FileMaker with a file on a CAP server is to
- =>allow only one user to access the file via CAP, and have other users
- =>open the file through FileMakers network mechanism.
- =>
-
- The proposed solution is not acceptable, which leads me to ask whether
- or not there is a work-around, or whether I need to go for commercial
- apple fileserver system like Ushare from IPT? Any suggestions?
-
- Rob Tanner
- Stanford University
-
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- System Administrator
- Stanford University, California
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