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- From: lindsey@tincup.enet.dec.com (Randy Lindsey)
- Subject: Re: Read-Only .dbf Files in FoxPro 2.0
- Message-ID: <1992Nov5.191905.4287@nntpd2.cxo.dec.com>
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- Organization: Colorado Software Solutions, Inc.
- References: <1cvmhnINN8to@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca>
- Date: Thu, 5 Nov 1992 19:16:50 GMT
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- In article <1cvmhnINN8to@iskut.ucs.ubc.ca>, comm117@unixg.ubc.ca (Chin) writes...
- >
- >I am using FoxPro 2.0 on Novell 3.11. I flagged my dbf files as SRO
- >(shareable read-only) using the "flag" command in DOS. However, I now need
- >to change the data on those files. "Simple enough", I thought,
- >"I'll just use the flag command again and change it to SRW (shareable
- >read-write)."
- >
- >The problem is, once I do that, FoxPro will not let me open the database.
- >I need to change it back to SRO before I can open it. Of course, I can't
- >edit the database, so either way, I'm stuck. Does anybody have any
- >ideas on where to start before I go off screaming and mindless pandemonium?
- >
- >- Gavin
-
- Hmmm, haven't encountered that, and I almost always work on a 3.11 network.
- I assume you're using "native" Foxpro commands or menus to USE the DBF's,
- not a program you or someone else wrote. If not, try that.
-
- Also, try flagging one of the DBF's to NSRW (non-shareable, read-write).
- I've never flagged my DBF's, so the shareable attribute may be causing
- trouble.
-
- Good luck,
- Randy
-