It sounds like you installed Navigator on the computer that acts like a server on your peer-to-peer network. That computer will run Navigator fine with the connection string C:\Program Files\FN90\data\fn001.mdb. When you try to run Navigator on your computer, your computer looks on its local C: drive and of course can’t find any data.The connection string tells Navigator where to find your data.
To fix this, map a drive on the server and change the connect string.
To fix your installation:.
- Create a mapped drive on the server. For instance, map drive H:\ to C:\Program Files\.
- Edit fnsql.ini, changing the connection string from C:\ProgramFiles\FN90\data\fn001.mdb to H:\FN90\data\fn001.sql. fnsql.ini is located in the Navigator 9.0 program folder C:\Program Files\FN90.
- Edit the Target in the desktop shortcut for Navigator on the server. For instance, change C:\Program Files\FN90\fn90.exe to H:\FN90\fn90.exe.
If you have not installed 9.0 or want to reinstall instead of following the steps above, here are the steps for to install Navigator on a peer-to-peer network.To install Navigator on a peer-to-peer network:
- Share the C:\ProgramFiles\FN90 on the server so everyone has access.
- Map drives on all computers, including the server. For instance, if Navigator is in C:\ProgramFiles\FN90, map H: to C:\Program Files\FN90 on the server and H: to {server}\Program Files\FN90 on all the workstations.
- Do a full installation of Navigator 9.0 on the server. You should be physically at the server. When asked for the path, use H:\, not C:\ProgramFiles\FN90. This will create a desktop shortcut on the server that runs Navigator from H: and a connection string that also uses H:
- Do a Workstation Installation of Navigator on each computer. Be sure to use the correct path (H: for example).
Note: You will have the same problem (and the solution is the same) if you have a real network with a real server and need to run Navigator while you are sitting at the server.
-- David
FNI Technical Support