Offline files problem

[DaveGill]

I've got a problem with offline files. I have made a folder on a share available offline, this works. I use an application that looks for a database file (and creates it if it doesn't exist) in a different folder that is not available offline on the same share. When offline this application creates a new database when run as if it was online. I then go back online and it updates the server version, I don't want this to happen as it overwrites the existing one on the server and people get upset with me! How can I stop a temp offline folder being created?

 

[petes1000]

Why don't you just create a share to the file that is being used and mark it for offline use also?

 

[anacermanski]

Did you ever figure out how to stop the database program from synchronizing? I believe you need to edit your synchronization settings to sychronize documents only, not programs.... something like that... Ana.

 

[anacermanski]

Hi Dave; Me again.. I've given this more thought, but I'm not sure about your setup. You can't stop the application from creating the temporary folder, it needs that folder to run properly. Delete the temporary folder on your offline computer before synchronizing (you may have to edit your synchronization time settings). Or, you could analyze your cacheing settings on the server Share, try configuring the Share for "Manual Cacheing for Documents", but this may conflict with your ability to run the application from the synchronized executable (if, in fact, this is how you're running the application offline) - you may have to specify the executable individually as "available offline" (plus all other files it needs to run, including the temp folders), or you can install the application locally on your remote PC, instead of running it via the offline executable, but that would defeat the purpose of your offline files, right? Good luck... Ana.

 

[DaveGill]

Ana,

I got round the problem by creating a new share for the DB application to use. This way if you were offline it didn't try and create the new folder & files but used the default settings (backup copy on local disk).

David