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    alias for transfering a desktop application

    Hi
    I have a desktop application with an import function. It takes an excel file called TMS_source_material and imports it into a table called tempsource.dbf. This works perfectly as planned. My problem arises when moving the application to a different machine. The import function can't find the specific file looking for it in e: when it is now in g: I've tried to figure out how to set up aliases for this to work going through settings etc but to no avail. Can anyone please help me understand what I need to do. I've set two Alias for the directory where the excel file is and the tempsource table namely:
    in the developing machine
    [source] e:\TMS\source
    [tempsource] e:\Tms\tempsource.dbf

    and in the secondary machine:
    [source] g:\TMS\source
    [tempsource] g:\Tms\tempsource.dbf

    I know I'm missing something. The online documentation I've poured over to no avail. What else do I need to do or do differently? Thanks for your time.

    DeanO
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    Re: alias for tranfering a desktop application

    Dean,
    Are e and g mapped network drives? If so, your easiest method is to map the folders on the 2nd machine to drive 'e' and you would be good to go.

    If you don't want to use drive mapping, you could use the URL of the file "\\server\folder\filename" and then it wouldn't matter what the drive was mapped to.

    If the machines are running runtime, this might be the only solution.

    Otherwise, if you put the import onto the 2nd machine, you should be able to just change the drive letter in the import definition and, again you should be OK.

    You could, of course, convert the import to x-basic, an then write some code to determine the drive letter of the import file and dynamically substitute it into the code where appropriate.

    Tom

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      #3
      Re: alias for tranfering a desktop application

      Thanks Tom for your speedy reply.
      I took the second option mapping to the URL - I didn't realize I could do this. All works like clockwork, Have a great day and thanks again

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        Re: alias for tranfering a desktop application

        Originally posted by Tom Henkel View Post
        Dean,
        Are e and g mapped network drives? If so, your easiest method is to map the folders on the 2nd machine to drive 'e' and you would be good to go.

        If you don't want to use drive mapping, you could use the URL of the file "\\server\folder\filename" and then it wouldn't matter what the drive was mapped to.

        If the machines are running runtime, this might be the only solution.

        Otherwise, if you put the import onto the 2nd machine, you should be able to just change the drive letter in the import definition and, again you should be OK.

        You could, of course, convert the import to x-basic, an then write some code to determine the drive letter of the import file and dynamically substitute it into the code where appropriate.

        Tom

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          #5
          Re: alias for tranfering a desktop application

          not a problem. Glad it all worked out.

          Tom

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            Re: alias for tranfering a desktop application

            Can a wild card be used like \\Machine2\DataFile\*.dbf? I need to be able to access across a network an alpha database, then sometimes I want to take that same data on a usb drive and use the same data. I created several aliases but I am not having much luck in getting them access of the data files in those. I have 1 which is the drive letter assigned when the usb drive is attached to a machine and it needs to access the files across the network, and 1 where the usb drive would access data files on itself. I'm not quite understanding how the complete this process. I have forms on the usb drive which I do not want mingled with the forms on the network computer. I have managed to keep the forms on the usb drive only. Now I would like to access the network computer or the usb drive. Oh, I need to mention I have never figured out xbasic.

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              #7
              Re: alias for tranfering a desktop application

              Can a wild card be used like \\Machine2\DataFile\*.dbf?
              No.

              If you have a database where you have defined, say, an append from h:\data\test.dbf where H: is a network drive. If you are not connected to the network you can't run the append. If you plug in a usb drive which takes the drive letter M: and it has a folder data where there is a test.dbf, you can't run the append.

              As noted in another thread this morning, take a look at the tables/sets tab of the control panel and switch to detail view. Those ar the tables and sets and their locations you can use without using xbasic. It doesn't matter if there are dozens of dbf files in different folders with the same names you see, Alpha doesn't see them and can't use them.
              Last edited by Stan Mathews; 08-12-2015, 08:24 AM.
              There can be only one.

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                #8
                Re: alias for tranfering a desktop application

                So the idea of an alias works with only 1 file at a time or not necessarily for alpha database files???

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                  #9
                  Re: alias for tranfering a desktop application

                  An alias works for a database. It tells the database where to find the components of the database. It doesn't do anything at all if you don't use the alias in the definitions of your operations and code.
                  There can be only one.

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                    #10
                    Re: alias for tranfering a desktop application

                    I have my old Alpha 4 manual. How much has xbasic changed since then??? If the only way I can do this is with code, maybe I can teach myself enough to be able to establish a universal location of the files.

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                      #11
                      Re: alias for tranfering a desktop application

                      Linda,

                      Why not start a new thread and explain what you want to do? I'm thinking you want to have a database where, if you're using it on a machine with the usb drive plugged in, you have access to certain reports that are not available to other users.
                      There can be only one.

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