Running from CD

Hi!
I'm here again!
Have managed to compile an application.
It runs on the original drive.
Copy to CD, (drive F ) and no go.
Opens file, closes immediately.
In DOS box, same, but I get message
         " File in use by another:  f:/login.db
  ***  Initialization error ***"

Have copied the config and login files across, but no change.
What am I doing wrong?

  Windows XP SP 2, files set under "compatibility" to Windows ME

Thanks!

george

In article <YLdNlxvnIHA.1096@news-server>, georgefour@btinternet.com 
says...
> Hi!
> I'm here again!
> Have managed to compile an application.
> It runs on the original drive.
> Copy to CD, (drive F ) and no go.
> Opens file, closes immediately.
> In DOS box, same, but I get message
>          " File in use by another:  f:/login.db
>   ***  Initialization error ***"
> 
> Have copied the config and login files across, but no change.
> What am I doing wrong?
> 
>   Windows XP SP 2, files set under "compatibility" to Windows ME
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> george


George,

I have not done this type of thing, so I am not speaking from 
experience.

One thing I know is that files copied from a CD onto a hard drive often 
end up with the "read-only" file attribute turned on. You can right-
click on the file(s) in Windows Explorer and look at the "properties".

On the bottom you should be sure "read-only" is unchecked.

It looks to me that your program is trying to write to a file (login.db) 
and it cannot on the CD. There is an article in the dBulletin regarding 
putting a dBASE PLUS application on a CD. It probably will have some 
pointers you can use. The dBulletin is found here:

http://www.jpmartel.com/bu08_b.htm

-- 
Geoff Wass [dBVIPS]
Montréal, Québec, Canada

.|.|.|        dBASE info at http://geocities.com/geoff_wass       |.|.|.
.|.|.| ---------------------------------------------------------- |.|.|.

Hi!
 Hm....
Straight to the core, straight to the solution.
I am never less than amazed at the help given here.
It was indeed trying to write to login.db that was of course read-only.
So, just copy to a read/write drive and all is well.
Again, many thanks.

george



Geoff Wass [dBVIPS] Wrote:

> In article <YLdNlxvnIHA.1096@news-server>, georgefour@btinternet.com

> says...
> > Hi!
> > I'm here again!
> > Have managed to compile an application.
> > It runs on the original drive.
> > Copy to CD, (drive F ) and no go.
> > Opens file, closes immediately.
> > In DOS box, same, but I get message
> >          " File in use by another:  f:/login.db
> >   ***  Initialization error ***"
> > 
> > Have copied the config and login files across, but no change.
> > What am I doing wrong?
> > 
> >   Windows XP SP 2, files set under "compatibility" to
Windows ME
> > 
> > Thanks!
> > 
> > george
> 
> 
> George,
> 
> I have not done this type of thing, so I am not speaking from 
> experience.
> 
> One thing I know is that files copied from a CD onto a hard drive often 
> end up with the "read-only" file attribute turned on. You can
right-
> click on the file(s) in Windows Explorer and look at the
"properties". 
> On the bottom you should be sure "read-only" is unchecked.
> 
> It looks to me that your program is trying to write to a file (login.db) 
> and it cannot on the CD. There is an article in the dBulletin regarding 
> putting a dBASE PLUS application on a CD. It probably will have some 
> pointers you can use. The dBulletin is found here:
> 
> http://www.jpmartel.com/bu08_b.htm
> 
> -- 
> Geoff Wass [dBVIPS]
> Montréal, Québec, Canada
> 
> .|.|.|        dBASE info at http://geocities.com/geoff_wass       |.|.|.
> .|.|.| ---------------------------------------------------------- |.|.|.
> .|.|.|             IT Consultant http://Geoff_Wass.com            |.|.|.

In article <qyqFdn5nIHA.1648@news-server>, georgefour@btinternet.com 
says...
> Hi!
>  Hm....
> Straight to the core, straight to the solution.
> I am never less than amazed at the help given here.
> It was indeed trying to write to login.db that was of course read-only.
> So, just copy to a read/write drive and all is well.
> Again, many thanks.
> 
> george


George,

LOL! I'm so glad it worked out so well. Thanks for the success report.

-- 
Geoff Wass [dBVIPS]
Montréal, Québec, Canada

.|.|.|        dBASE info at http://geocities.com/geoff_wass       |.|.|.
.|.|.| ---------------------------------------------------------- |.|.|.