What is the best way to work with a PDA if you are running Entourage for Office X. Do you need Palm Desktop too? This could be a network and/or a non-network question.
on 5/1/02 3:26 PM, Lorri Carr at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > We have 3 networked iMacs running OS 9 and Palm Desktop 4.0. I would > like to have all 3 have access to a single User Data file, which any > could modify, so any changes to the office calendar would be immediately > available to and consistent for all. All 3 components have read/write > permissions. > > When attempting to access the User Data file from one of the remote > computers, a "File is busy." error comes up, although no programs are > running on the main computer on which the User Data file resides. This > seems to be owing to the Palm Desktop Backgrounder app., which I cannot > seem to disable. We also tried having the remote computer open the User > Data file on the main computer (without having the Palm Desktop > installed on the remote computer), but this results in a Type 3 error. > > Has any member of the list encountered and conquered this problem, or > otherwise have any other recommendations? > > TIA, > Lor > -- MacNetwork is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/> and... XRouter Pro | Share your DSL or cable modem between multiple computers! Dr. Bott | Only $199 <http://www.drbott.com/prod/MIH130.html> Now shipping! Farallon Wireless SkyLINE PCI Card for Mac Desktops! <http://www.farallon.com/le/skyline/pci/index.html> Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> MacNetwork list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/macnet.html> Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive: <http://www.mail-archive.com/macnetwork%40mail.maclaunch.com/> Using a Macintosh? Get free email and more at Applelinks! <http://www.applelinks.com>
