[Papyrus-L] Using Papyrus in a Windows 2000 network

[Raisa Deber]

At 11:31 AM 7/7/2004 +0100, you wrote:

>Hi there,
>we're using Papyrus in a network environment, using a shared folder in a
>Windows 2000 Server domain and Windows 2000 Professional clients. We have
>noticed that two different users trying to access at the same time the Papyrus
>shared files results in an unexpected crash of one of their computers. Time
>ago we used Windows 98 workstations (with the same Windows 2000 Server) and
>that problem was controlled by Papyrus, which prompted an error message about
>impossible files write protection and changing itself to readonly mode. Does
>anyone know what to do or how to configure Papyrus launching to check write
>protection under Windows 2000?
>Comments welcome. Thanks for advance.

We took the coward's way out - we also use one database for a research 
group, but just put the most recent *.bb files in the shared folder, and 
ask everyone to download and update the personal copy on their own machine 
before starting work.  Only one workstation modifies the data base; they 
then create backup files and place the most recent version on the shared 
folder on the server.  Anyone wanting to modify the database sends the 
information to the Papyrus custodian. That way, no problems with multiple 
accesses, but everyone has the updated database.
This is relatively low tech, but it has the advantage of working.
Best regards
Raisa Deber


>Regards,
>Joan Miquel Vigo
>Fundació Institut Català de Farmacologia
>
>
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Raisa B. Deber, PhD
Professor
Department of Health Policy, Management and Evaluation
University of Toronto
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