"networking" Toolbox question

Hello All,



I am a one man band (chief cook and bottle washer my father would say). I
have used SW toolbox, as most of you have, with mixed emotions. I have just
bought a laptop that I can run SW on and now have the problem of SW toolbox
not ever being synced on either desktop or laptop. So..

I want to setup a network toolbox setup. I have read and reread Matt's very
helpful writings, but I don't have a "server" but would like to make a
common toolbox installation on my external HDD that is hooked to my desktop.

So when Matt says "Mapped drives are not recommended, you should use the UNC
path name." how do I do the without a "server name"?



Also, any other tips, tricks or help would be VERY much appreciated.

I'm sure that there are other peeps in my situation that have long ago
worked this out.



Thanks to all, and have a great weekend!



Muggs

 

Hi Muggs,

I'm a recovering one man band. (Joined with some friends/partners to make a "real" company,
but that's another story.)

As the only ME, I don't have to worry about sharing files with co-workers, but I *do* have to
sync the "work" and "home" installations of SWX. I use a really, REALLY good utility named
"Beyond Compare" to sync the work machine with a portable USB drive, which goes home to be
sync'ed with the home machine. If I work at home, the process is reversed. The
synchronization couldn't be simpler or faster. Aside from identical work files, my Toolbox is
identical at both locations. There's another benefit: at any given time I have 3 copies of my
recent work, 2 of them always at different locations. This is as much backup as I'll ever
need.

Look at http://www.scootersoftware.com/ for Beyond Compare. The license specifically allows
use by one person on one or more computers.

Art Woodbury

 

If your external drive is connected to your desktop and shows up there as
"F:" , the UNC name for this drive would be
\\DesktopName\F
Folders on the external would look like \\DesktopName\F\Folder1

If you type these strings in Start->Run (on the laptop) and hit enter, it
will show a directory listing of the contents.

hth
Bill

 

Muggs,

After you get through the transition from 2006 to 2007, you will have
fewer problems, but getting over that hump may be a challenge. There
are some things that have changed in 2007 which make it easier to
recover lost configuration data, but only work if the assy is built
with a 2007 library. They've done some things with filenames in 2007
that I haven't investigated yet.

An external drive on your desktop is treated just like a drive on a
server. Bill A is steering you right. On 2007, though, things change
because you don't have to edit the external file anymore, there is a
place in Tools Options for the library location, and it gets stored in
your registry, so it can be copied with Copy Settings Wizard instead of
by copying the file if you duplicate settings between machines.
Browsing to the toolbox through My Network Places is the equivalent to
using the UNC.

The problem with mapped drives is that the path to the referenced part
is stored in the assembly, so if another user opens the assembly, and
has the same drive mapped as a different letter, you've got a problem.
Also, UNC works even when no drives are mapped. Another potential
issue is that if the assembly is opened on another machine on another
network, its possible that they have toolbox on D:\ as well, but its
less likely that they have another computer with the same name as your
Toolbox server. Granted, that's a stretch, but there is no sense in
tempting fate.