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- From: geoffb@coos.dartmouth.edu (Thumper)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.databases
- Subject: Re: Filemaker network problems
- Message-ID: <C1H0u6.HtK@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
- Date: 26 Jan 93 17:06:05 GMT
- References: <1993Jan26.103054.15244@bio.vu.nl>
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- In <1993Jan26.103054.15244@bio.vu.nl> ebido@bio.vu.nl (Etienne Bido) writes:
-
- >There is a main database on a server with several extra files
- >in the same folder which the main database uses for lookups.
-
- Question... what kind of server? AppleShare? Novell NetWare?
-
- >If I go to, say Mac nr 1, and acces the main database then I have to
- >tell it where his lookup files are. I will tell him.
- >
- >If I go to Mac nr 2, the same story, I show him where the lookup
- >files are and it works fine.
- >
- >If I go back to Mac nr 1, it tells me again that it can't find
- >the lookup files!!
-
- Are these files being accessed by multiple users? Is the 'Single-USer'
- option unchecked in the File menu? You should get a different error if
- this is the case but something could be screwing that up.
-
- -Geoff
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- geoffb@Dartmouth.EDU - Computing Support Consultant, Tuck School of Business
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