Re: [Ql-Users] WIN files with QPC2

[Bob Spelten]

Op Fri, 03 Oct 2008 16:14:56 +0200 schreef George Gwilt  
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:


However I have tried without success to define a WIN file across a PC  
network. Does anyone know how to do this? Or indeed to be able to see  
any file across such a network.



I don't know if it helps but this is how it works in my case.
I have two networking machines running QPC2 under W98.

In my QL boot I have the line:
WIN_REMV 1: WIN_REMV 2: rem  this tells QPC to share the qxl.win's

To point to the qxl.win file on the other machine you can configuring  
SMSQ/E or,

use the direct command line:
WIN_DRIVE 7,\\pcname\c-drive\sub_dir\qxl.win
- pcname: the name of the other PC
- c-drive: the name of the shared drive/partition as set in Windows

Before I can actually use win7_ I make shure the other machine is accessed  
by navigating to that partition with Explorer or so, otherwise DIR win7_  
may report Not Found.

This way both QPC's can read/write to each others drives.
If the other QPC is not running, the WIN_REMV's are not needed.

QLToday once published a small program (by Jochen Merz) to change the  
SMSQ/E PRT settings.
I adapted this to comfortably change my WIN or DOS settings from within  
QPC.


Bob

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[Ql-Users] WIN files with QPC2

[George Gwilt]

When I put my QPC2 onto a stick I had to define where WIN1 to WIN3  
were. The definition depended on what letter each host machine  
decided to use for the stick. This was no problem.


However I have tried without success to define a WIN file across a PC  
network. Does anyone know how to do this? Or indeed to be able to  
see any file across such a network.


George
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Re: [Ql-Users] WIN files with QPC2

[Malcolm Cadman]

In message [EMAIL PROTECTED], George 
Gwilt [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes


Hi,

Does the recent article in QL Today, by Dilwyn Jones, cover this ?
Entitled Relative Path Names and QL Emulators.

Using the DOS command of ..\ - where the - dot dot backslash - takes 
you to the root directory of a device.


So, if your WIN1_ is kept in the root directory of the C Drive, then 

..\QXL.WIN

would define WIN1_ is in the QPC2 Configuration window.

If your WIN3_ is still called QXL.WIN by default, but is held somewhere 
else, then you can use 


..\Somewhere\QXL.WIN

to define where WIN3_ is in the QPC2 Configuration window.

He also suggests making use of WIN_DRIVE and DOS_DRIVE commands.

So, the same WIN3_ could be assigned as 

WIN_DRIVE 3,'..\Somewhere\QXL_WIN'

( Note : The use of the single quotes ).

He then goes on to describe using UNC ( Universal Naming Convention ) to 
specify the location of resources on a local network.


The format is 

\\server_name\shared_resource\path_name

Suppose your other machine - server_name - is Computer2.
It can then be accessed by 

\\Computer2\mydocs\Example.doc

You have to make the other computer a shared resource to do this.

On a PC, with WIN XP, you do all this from My Network Places.  Just read 
through the Help files to assist how it is done.


It is very useful, too, for sharing a portable PC with a main desktop 
PC.


For QL Emulators, Dilwyn also goes on to describe in the article how to 
do something similar with QL2K and QEMULATOR.



When I put my QPC2 onto a stick I had to define where WIN1 to WIN3 
were. The definition depended on what letter each host machine  decided 
to use for the stick. This was no problem.


However I have tried without success to define a WIN file across a PC 
network. Does anyone know how to do this? Or indeed to be able to see 
any file across such a network.


George
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