My client has an AREV 2.0 application located on a NetWare server. The command to start the app from the server was "AREV BASE1" executed from drive Q:. My client wants to get rid of the server and run the application stand-alone.

I copied the application (AREV 2.0) to a PC. Next, I changed the network driver to NON-NETWORKING. The client's PC is running Windows 98 booted to a command prompt - so there's no PIF involved.

When I type "AREV BASE1" to start up, I come to the TCL prompt, not into the database menu, like the version on the server does.

Did I do this correctly? Am I missing a step somewhere? Thanks for the help so far, I am in unfamiliar territory!

Mark Mullarky

The problem is to get the appropriate menu to come up on startup.

The menu is part of the users environment.

What I would do is have an icon whose properties|program would read:

( I am assuming that arev is at c:\arev)

c:\arev\arev.exe /x/m4096

Upon execution, if the tcl still comes up type:

runmenu main

then goto environment | environment | menus

Select the appropriate menu. Main should be the default.

Dale

I suspect that your startup procedure or something in the environment attaches drives / directories with the old netware mapping (Q: or somesuch). From the TCL, press F2 to see what happens. You should probably see ATTACH DATAVOL … Check your VOC items for Volume identifiers that don't use relative paths but instead contain the netware pointers. From TCL, SELECT VOC WITH F1=VOLUME"… Edit VOC..Check to see that volume pointer uses only relative paths.

Also, make sure that the file attributes on the local disk version are not Read-Only (except for AREV.EXE, perhaps).

Don Miller

C3 Inc.

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