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rick.ca:

--- Quote ---"E:" is the drive designation used by the server to get to the file.
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This sounds like you're referring to a mapped drive, rather than a physical drive attached to the server. :-\

Have you read the wiki entry Connect to server? And parts of this recent thread may be helpful.


--- Quote ---...and read here, that it will not work on a mapped shared drive.
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Can you recall which post created this impression?

DenS:
Yea!

The solution was two fold from the post "And parts of this recent thread may be helpful."
My attempts to attach to the server were always to a physical drive..


* naming the server MUSIC from this suggestion "server:E:\Users Shared Folders\me\My Documents\Personal Video Database\movies.pvd - FB on a remote server, local path on server - WORKS!"

* addding the TCP port 3050 exception to the Windows firewall on the server.
My connection now looks like this:

MUSIC:E:\Our Data\PVD-Movies\MOVIES.PVD

Where MUSIC is the name of computer where the Firebird database service is running.
"Our Data" folder and the sub-folders under it are shared.

As for the mapped drive not working, I meant placing the database on a mapped drive without using the Firebird server. I have not tried accessing a mapped drive using the Firebird server.

Thanks for all your help and this great program... I will now spend s bit of time updating my imported movies, learning the program and adding PVD to my other computers.

DenS

buah:
As someone who also gave a chance to a Movienizer, all that I can say is that they're simply not comparable. Wish I discovered PVD two years ago...

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