Hello Jernejcic, On Monday, March 10, 2003 at 8:17:06 PM you [JA]wrote (at least in part):
P>> No ... but were in The Bat! you've seen "shared folders"? JA> what a sophisticated question. That's what I'm known for ;-) JA> I am talking abount the folders, that are called "common folders" in JA> The Bat! . Not just "called" ... _named_ :-) A sophisticated, but important, difference. JA> imho, to use common folders could sometimes, in very special JA> situations, mean, that they are shared - got it? As every other folder could, in very special situations of course, be shared. They're named "Common folders" not because the can be shared without hassle between different people, but only because they don't belong to an account. Sharing folders requires "lock and sync actions" being implemented. As these "common folders" are only belonging to a "virtual but non-existent" account I don't think special file handling, taking care of locking and syncing, was implemented. So how should they update automatically? The Bat!s speed comes from "semi intelligent" use of indices and "keep in memory as long as you can". If The Bat! would need to lock and sync every operation if would _slow down_ significantly. So your best bet is: Create a Wishlist item (follow the URL in list footer) for _Shared folders_. RIT could this way create a special kind of folders, marked as "sharable" which makes use of "lock and sync" (with all slowing down effects), while all other folders are unaffected and kept fast. Current implementation is only designed to be thread-safe, not share-safe, you're expecting something that ain't programmed. Like if you'd expect a Fiat Uno being able to drag your mobile home, to spare the costs of a truck :-) -- Regards Peter Palmreuther (The Bat! v1.63 Beta/7 on Windows 2000 5.0 Build 2195 Service Pack 1) You will be recognized and honored as a community leader. ________________________________________________ Current version is 1.62 | "Using TBUDL" information: http://www.silverstones.com/thebat/TBUDLInfo.html
