lck and net files in use

Andy

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Oct 5, 2004, 8:52:27 AM10/5/04

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We have a 6 user system working on Paradox9 with Windows ME all pointing to
1 pc and the remainder logged on to G:.
The problem is I keep getting is
"Directory is controlled by another NET file" and then asks us if we want to
choose another directory.
Re booting, deleting the .NET & .LCK files works for so long then the same
will happen again.
Any help appreciated....

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Steven Green

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Oct 5, 2004, 9:31:35 AM10/5/04

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Andy wrote:

> "Directory is controlled by another NET file" and then asks us if we want to
> choose another directory.
> Re booting, deleting the .NET & .LCK files works for so long then the same
> will happen again.

at least one of your machines and/or some other app that uses the tables (and
the BDE) is mapped to a different net file..

the remlok32 utility on my web site can show you what net file controls each
lock file, while pdox is open and running.. with everyone out, you can log them
in and out one at a time, to see if that'll show you the offending machine..

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Dennis Santoro

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Oct 5, 2004, 9:57:42 AM10/5/04

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It that i computer is also being used as a work station it probably has more to
do with who logs in when. You really should not have a machine with data used as
a work station. It that is not the case then check out the faq on .net file
rules and make sure you are following all the info there. All your machines
should be pointing to the .net file with the exact same path (only the drive
letter can be different) and that included the machine that hosts the data
itself if you need to access the data from it for any reason (backup,
administration, not actual database usage as I mentioned above)

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Andy

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Oct 5, 2004, 10:27:42 AM10/5/04

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Thanks Steve for the reply..
Being fairly "Green" on this issue... should there only be one LCK and NET
file on the main PC? as there are a few in different directories.?

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Oct 5, 2004, 12:12:16 PM10/5/04

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Not to mention you pretty much never want to give users full rights to the root of
another computer either....

Dennis Santoro

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Oct 5, 2004, 12:14:24 PM10/5/04

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If you are fairly green to Pdox I suggest you also check out my Database Basics
paper which is on our Paradox resources page (link in my signature). It can help
you with best practices and with avoiding common pitfalls.