> When the application using BDE tries to open a file on the Netware drive
it
> gets errors like "invalid file name" and "file in use".  When the file is
on
> a local drive or a shared Windows drive, there are no problems.  Is there
> any FAQ or tip sheet for troubleshooting this?  And yes, long file name
> support is loaded on the server.

> Thanks for any tips.

> Neil

> Check out the client, older clients have problems, with NWClient 4.81 it
has
> to work. How did you install it be BDE on you server and make sure all
> machines
> are pointing the the correct BDE directory. It's possible to install the
BDE
> on a
> central Novell server. Wait....i'll send you a .pdf file which contains a
> summerie
> Novell install. Works within our corparated network with a Netware 5.x
> cluster
> environment and about 200-250 cuncurren BDE users.....never had problems
and
> did also with a little trick some test version for BDE applications.

> Greetings Peter

> "Neil W." <ne...@netlib.com> wrote in message
> news:3e43ac26$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
> > Does anyone have any tips for using BDE with files on a Netware volume?
> > (Netware 5, Windows 98 SE, Client 32).

> > When the application using BDE tries to open a file on the Netware drive
> it
> > gets errors like "invalid file name" and "file in use".  When the file
is
> on
> > a local drive or a shared Windows drive, there are no problems.  Is
there
> > any FAQ or tip sheet for troubleshooting this?  And yes, long file name
> > support is loaded on the server.

> > Thanks for any tips.

> > Neil

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