Re: MI using workspaces across a W98 peer to peer network
Natalie, Tim: You can just open the workspace with a text editor like notepad and change the drive letter (and path if necessary) in the open statements.. The best solutions I came across when we were doing p2p is to place a subst statement in the autoexec on whatever computer is hosting the files and pick a standard drive letter. The subst makes it basically map a local drive or folder to a new drive letter, so for instance my C:\Work directory also appears as the L:\ drive. (check "subst /?") I think you would go: "subst L: C:\Work" Then if I set a share on C:\Work and people map that as L:\, we can share workspaces without a hitch... (I just have to remember not to click at c:\work when I want to do stuff, I need to go to the L:\ drive.) I think at one point, my computer was the L:\ drive, my neighbor's was the W:\ drive, and there was also an S:\ drive on someone else' computer...something like that. Anyway, just a precaution about peer-to-peer, there are viruses which will scan the network for unprotected shares, grab saved and cached passworks from the registry and hunt for Windows system folders to infect, so try to avoid sharing anything above your windows folder like C:\ ;) hope this is of some assistance, let me know if I can clarify anything, Eric - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 10:58 AM Subject: RE: MI using workspaces across a W98 peer to peer network > PLEASE pass on any info. > We've been struggling with the same problem for some time now. > > TIA > Natalie > > -Original Message- > From: Tim Warman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 3:57 PM > To: Mapinfo-L > Subject: MI using workspaces across a W98 peer to peer network > > > Listers, > > Has anyone run into the problem of sharing workspaces that were created on > one machine, across a W98 peer-to-peer network? The problem is that all the > file paths in the workspaces start with C:\, and of course that's not how > the other machines on the network see my hard drive. > > I sure someone has dealt with this before. > > Cheers, > > _ > Tim Warman > Geologist & GIS Specialist > Richard C. Slade & Associates > North Hollywood, CA > (818) 506-0418 -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MI using workspaces across a W98 peer to peer network
PLEASE pass on any info. We've been struggling with the same problem for some time now. TIA Natalie -Original Message- From: Tim Warman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 3:57 PM To: Mapinfo-L Subject: MI using workspaces across a W98 peer to peer network Listers, Has anyone run into the problem of sharing workspaces that were created on one machine, across a W98 peer-to-peer network? The problem is that all the file paths in the workspaces start with C:\, and of course that's not how the other machines on the network see my hard drive. I sure someone has dealt with this before. Cheers, _ Tim Warman Geologist & GIS Specialist Richard C. Slade & Associates North Hollywood, CA (818) 506-0418 -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: MI using workspaces across a W98 peer to peer network
Hi - Try using UNC pathnames (\\machinename\resource\folder\etc) rather than mapped drive letters. To do this, go to the network neighborhood and browse until you find the share name that is your machine. Navigate to the resources you want to use and create your workspace. When you save your workspace, navigate again through the network neighborhood to find the place where you wish to save your workspace and save it. The tables will be prefaced with the UNC pathnames. This will allow others to open the workspaces without identical drive mappings. To save existing workspaces that have hard drive/path names like C:\ in them, replace all the "c:\" entries with "\\machine\resource" for example, if your machine is called "dave" and the share for the C drive is "C", replace "C:\" with "\\dave\C\". The other solution is to assign a consistent drive mapping convention and stick to it, like everyone has a C:\ drive, plus maybe a Zip and a cd or two, and maybe another hard drive - so start your mapping at I or something so that Dave is I, Mary is J, and Saddam is K or whatever. That way, the K drive will be the same on all machines. We did this in the good old days when our network was WFWG3.1 and before we had a dedicated file server. We eventually ran out of drive letters, but it worked for a couple of years... Good luck! Lindsay Giles Senior GIS Analyst AXYS Environmental Consulting Ltd Suite 600-555 4th Ave. SW Calgary, AB T2P 3E7 e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Main Office:403-269-5150 Direct Line:403-750-7671 Fax:403-269-5245 Visit our web site at http://www.axys.net -Original Message- From: Tim Warman [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 22, 2000 2:57 PM To: Mapinfo-L Subject:MI using workspaces across a W98 peer to peer network [] Listers, Has anyone run into the problem of sharing workspaces that were created on one machine, across a W98 peer-to-peer network? The problem is that all the file paths in the workspaces start with C:\, and of course that's not how the other machines on the network see my hard drive. I sure someone has dealt with this before. Cheers, _ Tim Warman Geologist & GIS Specialist Richard C. Slade & Associates North Hollywood, CA (818) 506-0418 -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe from this list, send e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and put "unsubscribe MAPINFO-L" in the message body, or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
