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    #1

    Why isn't my app publishing?

    Hello,

    I just can not figure out why I'm getting this error message when I attempt to publish to our server: The target folder, blah blah blah does not exist...create one? (I indicate YES, and then get another error message of: Can not create the folder, blah blah blah.

    I will try to give you all the details you need to help me figure out which "T" I didn't cross or "I" I didn't dot - dang, this is frustrating. I've gone over all the Help I can find, the tutorial, message board threads, all to no avail in getting the files published.

    Particulars of the Web Project Profile:
    Publishing to the LAN
    Alias: [PathAlias.ADB_Path] = d:\a5webroot\Phone_Test
    [DataAlias] = D:\a5webroot (Note: a space before and after each "=" sign.)
    Webroot: \\alpha\d\a5webroot
    Target folder: Phone_Test
    Publish data files: True
    Files to publish: (I've checked all the data files)
    Folder: \\alpha\d\Phone_Test (I've also tried D:\a5webroot\Phone_Test\)
    Base URL: http://alpha (yes, the IT guy who is running the WAS named the server "alpha")
    Server Port: 8081 (yes, this is verified as correct.)
    Default page: Assigned_Phones.a5w

    The WAS is configured as such:
    Server name: Alpha
    Server port: 8081
    Document root: D:\A5Webroot
    Page extension: .A5w
    Default page: index.a5w
    html.a5w

    Also, the path D:\a5webroot\Phone_Test exists on both the development pc and the server pc.

    Anything I'm leaving out? I'm out of here for the day, but hope someone can spot the problem and let me know, soon.

    Thank you so much!
    Wanda
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    The profile settings are detailed at http://support.alphasoftware.com/alp...ct_Profile.htm

    The folder setting is relative to the webroot setting. So with your settings, you are trying to publish to the folder \\alpha\d\a5webroot\\alpha\d\Phone_Test, which is not a valid UNC path.

    Assuming that
    • "d" is a valid share on the server "alpha"
    • the share "d" on "alpha" maps to the path "d:\" on the server
    • your server's webroot is d:\a5webroot
    • you want your files to ultimately end up in d:\a5webroot\Phone_Test
    You would use
    • webroot: \\alpha\d\a5webroot
    • folder: Phone_Test

    Lenny Forziati
    Vice President, Internet Products and Technical Services
    Alpha Software Corporation

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      #3
      Thanks, Lenny. I made the change of:
      folder: Phone_Test, and I'm still getting the error message that the folder doesn't exist - create one? Yes. Then it says it can't - no hint as to why it can't. I'm not sure, however, that the drive d is "shared" - didn't know it had to be. I do know that the folder has to exist both on the development machine and on the server machine.

      Originally posted by Lenny Forziati
      "The folder setting is relative to the webroot setting. So with your settings, you are trying to publish to the folder \\alpha\d\a5webroot\\alpha\d\Phone_Test, which is not a valid UNC path."
      What does that mean? What is a UNC path?

      I will take a look at your other link to "Profile settings detail".

      I'll post my results to this thread.

      Thanks, Lenny.
      Wanda

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        #4
        Okay - I've restructured several things and have the page launching only the search part of the first grid. There are 3 grids in this GridLinker.

        I've shared out the D drive on the server machine, and mapped it to my production machine via Drive Z. When I publish, I see the search part only, and get this message:

        Error 3 - The system cannot find the file specified. d:\a5webroot\Phone_Test\Employee.dbf

        I'm also still getting the error message about the "Phone_Test" folder not existing and would I like it created. I answer Yes. Then I get the message that it can't create one. Fine. There really is one already created. Is this a bug? Telling me it can't find or create a folder that is already there?

        I'm getting closer - I can almost taste it!

        Please and thank you!
        Wanda

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          #5
          Originally posted by Wanda Tucker
          What does that mean? What is a UNC path?
          Universal/Uniform Naming Convention

          Lenny Forziati
          Vice President, Internet Products and Technical Services
          Alpha Software Corporation

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            #6
            Originally posted by Wanda Tucker
            Error 3 - The system cannot find the file specified. d:\a5webroot\Phone_Test\Employee.dbf
            Double-check your settings and confirm that is where your DBF has been published.

            Also, it is a very bad idea to store your DBF within the webroot. Doing so would allow full unrestricted access to your table. You should instead store the DBF(s) in some folder outside of the web root. This is why the profile allows you to specify a different path and alias for the data files.

            Lenny Forziati
            Vice President, Internet Products and Technical Services
            Alpha Software Corporation

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              #7
              The really odd thing is that my data files are NOT in the webroot folder or any sub-folder of the webroot. In fact, I'm not even using "webroot", anyway. I'm using a folder named, "alpharoot", instead. The data fiels are in S:\Phone_Sys folder. So, why is it looking in A5Webroot for ANYTHING?

              I've changed the alias and the profile setting to reflect "alpharoot" as the webroot. It's as if it's hung up on a previous setting that no longer exists, or something.

              Now what?

              Thanks, Lenny.
              Wanda

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                #8
                It will look in [PathAlias.ADB_Path] for youtr DBF files. Above you said you had this set to d:\a5webroot\Phone_Test, so you'll need to change this so it knows where to find your DBF

                Originally posted by Wanda Tucker
                The really odd thing is that my data files are NOT in the webroot folder or any sub-folder of the webroot. In fact, I'm not even using "webroot", anyway. I'm using a folder named, "alpharoot", instead. The data fiels are in S:\Phone_Sys folder. So, why is it looking in A5Webroot for ANYTHING?

                I've changed the alias and the profile setting to reflect "alpharoot" as the webroot. It's as if it's hung up on a previous setting that no longer exists, or something.

                Now what?

                Thanks, Lenny.
                Wanda

                Lenny Forziati
                Vice President, Internet Products and Technical Services
                Alpha Software Corporation

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                  #9
                  Apparently, the dbf files are NOT being published. Why? They are what makes up the grid field names, etc. I've looked through everything - profile-wise, and can not see any reference whatsoever to D:\a5webroot.

                  Could there be a hidden problem with a profile holding onto something that was previously set, but has since been changed?
                  Wanda

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                    #10
                    Lenny,
                    I've changed the path alias and the data alias. The data is in the S:\Phone_Sys folder. I set the pathalias to = \Phone_Sys and the data alias to S:\Phone_Sys

                    It is still trying to find the data where it never was in the first place, although I had originally had the path alias incorrectly set to D:\webroot.

                    Is it hung up? Do you want me to zip it and send it to you?

                    Thanks,
                    Wanda

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                      #11
                      Have at it, please!

                      I'm going to attempt to zip the files and post them to see if anyone can see why the project is trying to publish to d:\a5webroot\Phone_Test\Employee.dbf

                      I'll be away until Tuesday and will not be able to respond until then. Thank you everyone who is trying to help me!

                      Sincerely,
                      Wanda

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                        #12
                        If the first zip file doesn't work, try this one, please.

                        BTW - I'm still getting the message about not being able to create the Phone_Test folder. The folder DOES exist, so I'm feeling pretty sure I've somehow uncovered a bug. Lenny? Can you take a look at this zip file, pretty please?

                        Gracias! I'm out of here. TGIF!

                        Thank you very much, all you kind souls out there!
                        Wanda

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                          #13
                          If the first zip file doesn't work, try this one, please.

                          BTW - I'm still getting the message about not being able to create the Phone_Test folder. The folder DOES exist, so I'm feeling pretty sure I've somehow uncovered a bug. Lenny? Can you take a look at this zip file, pretty please?

                          Gracias! I'm out of here. TGIF!

                          Thank you very much, all you kind souls out there!
                          Wanda

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