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Re: Paradox "Directory is controlled by other .net file"

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From: Richard Carter
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 00:00
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Rhett R. Rodewald (rhettr@erols.com) wrote:
: App1 works fine.  Multiple users no problems.
: App2 ditto.

: App3 has an error if App1 or App2 or App3 (itself) is already running
: Once started, App3 causes the error for App1 and App2.

: The error is:  "directory controlled by other .net file"

: I have everyone mapped to the data drive in the same way ( "R:\DATA" ) and
: the Paradox Net File is set to this directory.  I create a local private
: directory and set the BDE to use it with dbiSetPrivateDir().  All
: applications access the "R:\DATA" directory using an Alias set to that
: directory.

Are you saying you're assigning the same Private directory to
multiple apps on the same machine?  If so, that's your problem.
By the way, it may be a bit easier to set the property
Session.PrivateDir rather than using a BDE API call.
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From: carterrk@news.ececs.uc.edu (Richard Carter)
Subject: Re: Paradox "Directory is controlled by other .net file"
Date: 1999/03/31
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