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Article #668Re: Filemaker network problems
From: Brian Hughes
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 14:33
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1993 14:33
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ebido@bio.vu.nl (Etienne Bido) writes:
>I've been having problems with Filemaker Pro 2.0x and an ethernet
>network (7-8 Macs)
>There is a main database on a server with several extra files
>in the same folder which the main database uses for lookups.
>If I go to, say Mac nr 1, and acces the main database then I have to
>tell it where his lookup files are. I will tell him.
>If I go to Mac nr 2, the same story, I show him where the lookup
>files are and it works fine.
>If I go back to Mac nr 1, it tells me again that it can't find
>the lookup files!!
>What am I doing wrong?????
Wow. I don't think I have seen this problem before. Do you get the
same messages when you use the files from the server itself? How are you
accessing the database files on the server? Are you mounting it onto the
desktop of the client mac as a fileserver or some other method?
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!pageworks.com!world!eff!news.byu.edu!gatech!rpi!bu.edu!dartvax!coos.dartmouth.edu!hades From: hades@coos.dartmouth.edu (Brian Hughes) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac.databases Subject: Re: Filemaker network problems Message-ID: <C1GtrG.93q@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> Date: 26 Jan 93 14:33:16 GMT References: <1993Jan26.103054.15244@bio.vu.nl> Sender: news@dartvax.dartmouth.edu (The News Manager) Reply-To: hades@Dartmouth.Edu Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH Lines: 22 Disclaimer: Personally, I really don't care who you think I speak for. Moderator: Rec.Arts.Comics.Info