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From: Lee Hoffman/KY <>
Subject: Re: [TMG] Briefcase
Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2000 02:41:31 -0400
In-Reply-To: <005b01c02b18$67ef0120$1314fea9@mike2>


At 15:55 09/30/2000 , Mike Fox wrote:
>I've got my laptop and desktop networked, and I'd like both machine to
>access the data base file in the same folder. If not that, then I could use
>the Microsoft's BRIEFCASE to synchronize the copy in the laptop's briefcase
>with the with the desktop's master file. BUT, I've been unable to use TMG's
>'file/open' to find either the master file through the network or the
>'briefcase' file on the laptop.
>
>Could some one tell me how to do this? I'm sure it's possible.

I do it all the time on my network among four different computers. Just be
sure that drives are mapped properly (not just shared) such that the drives
on one computer are not designated the same on the other computer(s). For
example, suppose you have two hard drives on both computer and they are
designated C: and D:. That works fine for separate computers, but neither
can recognize two drives with the same designation. Thus drive C: and D:
on the laptop will become drives E: and F: respectively on the desktop, and
the same for the desktop's drive from the laptop.

One other consideration is that TMG may not recognize the system if the
path name is too long. Each directory/folder must be eight characters or
less. So you may need to browse to find the dataset which will
automatically use the shorter path name.

Hope this helps -


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