Windows XP and FilePro configuration

[gliderman.one at verizon.net]

Richard Tartaglias wrote:

> It has been a while since I posted to the list. I hope everyone is well.
>
> I have two problems and I am requesting help under the threat of 
> bodily injury from some save a tree group. They found out I have 
> printed reams of reading material trying to fix them on my own.
>
> Both problems stem from my purchase of a HP Pavilion Laptop with 
> Windows XP Professional OS and a Linksys wireless router. The other 
> four computers in my office are desktops with Windows 98 Second 
> Addition OS and 10/100 hardwired to the Linksys. The Linksys wireless 
> replaced an older Linksys. I am not a fan of XP but I have to move 
> forward.
>
I think your biggest problem is going to be the wireless router, not XP. 
Have you checked its speed compared with the 100 mbps of the hard wire? 
The only one I have seen and replaced was running 12 mbps. That speed 
will make filepro crawl--Behold a new fad that is a 10 year step 
backward in network speed-- It will give you lots of time to drink 
coffee, take a break, eat lunch, get your car washed and about anything 
else you might want to do while you are waiting.

> The Linksys is working as expected an all computers. FilePro is 
> working fine on the desktops. The laptop has access to the server 
> because I can see drive “G”, the network drive, P.Exe, the FP folder 
> and the Deputy folder that contains FilePro folders.
>
> I have used the set command as follows…
>
> Set pf dsk=g
>
> Set pfmenu=fp\menus
>
> Set pfdata=deputy
>
> Path=g:;g:fp;g:deputy (no help here that I can see )
>
> Cd\ (change directory)
>
> G: (change drive)
>
> p.exe (or I can put any of my menu names “p main” )
>
I think your above pfdata causes fp to look past that file for filepro

Are you using a batch file to run filePro?

path=G;G:\fp;G:\filepro
set pfdsk=G
set pfdata=G:
set pfprog=G:

if your filepro files are in deputy, then,
set pfdir=\deputy

G:
P yourmenu

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> I think XP is somehow misdirecting FilePro, the error should read “On 
> File: Deputy\FilePro\Ashland\map” I think… If there were no map.
>
I don't think it is XP's fault.

>
> Has anyone had this problem with XP or have a solution?
>
> I can wait on the XP window size problem for another time but I just 
> can't get it to enlarge.
>

under properties of your batch file icon,
under the font tab, set 10x18, raster (this can vary depending on your 
monitor settings)
under the layout, set window and buffer sizes to 80 and 25.

Charles Day