Terminal Server and direct access 1

[bpalme]

Has anyone set up Peachtree to be accessed both through Terminal Services and by computers accessing the data files directly through a mapped drive to the Peachtree database on the terminal server?

I have users at the server location mapping to the Peachtree database on the server (using S: as the mapped drive). I now want to add remote users with Terminal Services. I have the instructions from dev.remotenetworktechnology.com/ts/peachtree.htm. I am concerned that changing the trnfile on the server to trnfile=W:\windows\ will interfere with the connection between Peachtree and and the computers mapped to the S: drive.

Do I need to set the rootdrive of the mapped computers to W:, copy the .ini file to the user's windows directory and then just set the data path in the .ini file to S:?

Besides not changing what the user's are used to, is there any advantage to having the local computers use a mapped drive instead of just converting them to using terminal services just like the remote computers?

Thanks for your help

Betty

 

[tylan]

What you want to do is nothing new. Let Windows help you. Use %userprofile% to point everything. Here's how my term server's bti.ini looks: trnfile=%userprofile%\windows. If I remember correctly the trnfile setting is simply where a log goes... Although I'm not 100% sure. The reason you need to point this to somewhere specific for each TS user is so you don't have 'locked' files.

Don't waste you time with the w: drive.
Read these two posts:

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=956423&page=1

http://www.tek-tips.com/viewthread.cfm?qid=596944&page=1

If my instructions are too vague let me know.
Tylan

 

[bpalme]

tylan,

Thanks for your help. I'm not very familiar with the use of the generic %% terms like %userprofile%. Someone in one of the threads instructed to set the trnfile=%homedrive%%homepath%\windows. What's the difference between that and trnfile=%userprofile%?

The original remotenetworktechnology instructions have 3 references to the W: drive. Do I set each to %userprofile% as follows?
1) in RootDrv2.cmd, Set RootDrive=%userprofile%
2) in bti.ini, trnfile=%userprofile%\windows
3) in HKLM\SOFTWARE\Btrieve Technologies\Microkernal Workstation Engine\Settings\Home Directory set to %userprofile%\windows

Also, if I've already set RootDrive=W: in RootDrv2.cmd and connected from the terminals to the terminal server, but not loaded Peachtree, is it too late to change to RootDrive=%userprofile%? That is, has it already set something up on the terminals or does it just set up when Peachtree is loaded or logged onto for the first time?

Thanks,
Betty

 

[tylan]

They're system variables. Hit start and run on any 2000/xp box. Run each one as if it were a command. You'll see what they are. They are variables specific to each user. These two variables, %homedrive%%homepath% and %userprofile% yield the same results.

If you use the system variables in step 2 and 3, you won'd need to activate the "W" drive. You can actually skip step 1. You only need the RootDrive if your using a legacy app. Something that doesn't support those variables.

You can change the Registry and the BTI.INI whenever you want. I think you need to give each user a copy of the INI file. Just paste it into the profile.

 

[bpalme]

Thanks tylan. It works like a charm.
Betty

 

[tylan]

Awesome.

Glad I could help!