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I would look at drive mappings.  Set up a couple of extras where you
know there are no reports and see if you have the same problem.
Some dos programs that I have seen have trouble with dos letters above C
and this seems to show in the 4 series more than 3 (why I don't know).
I have installed a 4.10 server on my office setup for exactly this
reason.
Finally, look at the program. Is it making btrieve calls? This can be a
real source of fun and games. :-)

Jim Banks" <jbanks@gartman.com> got screwed by netware 
            and wrote the following:
> >  have tried various settings in the net config file and 
> > even netx.exe and different versions of the VLMs.  The 
> > program works fine at my office on our 3.12 server.  
> > I am at a loss and need HELLLLLPPPP!!!!!

Dana F. Persells wrote:
> Some dos programs that I have seen have trouble with dos letters above C
> and this seems to show in the 4 series more than 3 (why I don't know).

That sounds like NW's problem, not DOS.

> Finally, look at the program. Is it making btrieve calls? This can be a
> real source of fun and games. :-)

Or you can do what I recommend to ANYONE who is subject to a NW4.1
upgrade,  Change your Vendor!!!!  FIND A DIFFERENT SERVER PACKAGE!!!!!
(NT, Unix, and FreeBSD come to mind)

When I was upgraded to NW 4.1, my compiler and tools stopped working.

When I upgraded my API libraries to the newest version, they wouldn't
work properly.  Days of testing were wasted to no avail.  My manager
got real pissed at my spending non billable time tracking down
their problems. The libraries are now collecting dust, we never
did manage to use them.  We now SPECIFY NW3.12 or lower.

Once, when I called Novell, it took 1 WEEK (!!!!) to get a call back,
and he
was a MAC specialist. (that was useless!)
Every other attempt to get Novell to help me has result in black hole
voice mails, E-Mails which are never returned, and FAXes which 
I never get answered.

Finally, literally 30 minutes ago, I just discovered another bug with 
their 32bit client on Win95, dealing with the local drive.

The only other people who EVER call me from Novell are pushy
sales people trying to get me to renew my developernet.
Wonder why I didn't renew it?

-Scott Weber
Sr Programmer at [a major software house]
csweber@flash.net

Have you looked at the rights that the users have to the directory? Do you
get the same result when you log in as Admin? Have you tried mapping a drive
to the directory in question? Have you tried "root" mapping the drive?
        Good luck.

Scott,

sounds like you need better network support than you get from you IT
department now. Or is it like with most software companies - you think
of your network as a minor part of your infrastructure which could be
easily managed by one of the junior programmers?

Try to switch to Windows NT, or Unix - you will be in real trouble then,
except if you change your attitude to network management - but then, you
can stay with what you have.

Anyway, Dana needs help and may send me the CONFIG.SYS, AUTOEXEC.BAT and
NET.CFG via Email.

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Spaceman Spiff wrote:

> Jim Banks" <jbanks@gartman.com> got screwed by netware
>             and wrote the following:
> > >  have tried various settings in the net config file and
> > > even netx.exe and different versions of the VLMs.  The
> > > program works fine at my office on our 3.12 server.
> > > I am at a loss and need HELLLLLPPPP!!!!!
>
> Dana F. Persells wrote:
> > Some dos programs that I have seen have trouble with dos letters
> above C
> > and this seems to show in the 4 series more than 3 (why I don't
> know).
>
> That sounds like NW's problem, not DOS.
>
> > Finally, look at the program. Is it making btrieve calls? This can
> be a
> > real source of fun and games. :-)
>
> Or you can do what I recommend to ANYONE who is subject to a NW4.1
> upgrade,  Change your Vendor!!!!  FIND A DIFFERENT SERVER PACKAGE!!!!!
>
> (NT, Unix, and FreeBSD come to mind)
>
> When I was upgraded to NW 4.1, my compiler and tools stopped working.
>
> When I upgraded my API libraries to the newest version, they wouldn't
> work properly.  Days of testing were wasted to no avail.  My manager
> got real pissed at my spending non billable time tracking down
> their problems. The libraries are now collecting dust, we never
> did manage to use them.  We now SPECIFY NW3.12 or lower.
>
> Once, when I called Novell, it took 1 WEEK (!!!!) to get a call back,
> and he
> was a MAC specialist. (that was useless!)
> Every other attempt to get Novell to help me has result in black hole
> voice mails, E-Mails which are never returned, and FAXes which
> I never get answered.
>
> Finally, literally 30 minutes ago, I just discovered another bug with
> their 32bit client on Win95, dealing with the local drive.
>
> The only other people who EVER call me from Novell are pushy
> sales people trying to get me to renew my developernet.
> Wonder why I didn't renew it?
>
> -Scott Weber
> Sr Programmer at [a major software house]
> csweber@flash.net

I recently had a similar problem at on of our customers.  It turned out
that the 4.10 server had no memory resources left over to expand compressed
files.  A simple restart of the server (and advice to upgrade memory) was
enough to solve the problem.

Do a NDIR (with the appropriate options) in the target directory and see if
the files are still compressed.

Furthermore, i have seen several instances where faulty network cards were
corrupting data without anyone noticing.  (exept a COMP operation after
COPY to/from a netware volume)


Jim Banks <jbanks@gartman.com> wrote
> I need help with a strange problem I am experiencing with a DOS program
> that is occurring ever since we upgraded a client from a small desktop PC
> that was used as a lantastic server to a new Compaq Prosignia 200 server
> with 2.? GB hard drive and Netware 4.11(Intranetware).
> 
> All programs work fine except for one.  It is a DOS program called
"OSCAR"
> that is used for schools to do grades and report cards and other student
> related administration.  The program works fine except for a function
that
> is supposed to list files in the current directory (they use it to select
> user defined reports).  If they enter the report name everything works
> fine, but they don't always remember all of the report names.  The
program
> works fine everywhere except on the netware volume.  The developer of the
> software said it is working fine everywhere else.  He also said the
routine
> that lists the files is written in assembler and has never given them any
> trouble in the past.