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- ID:NI Multiple Users of DESQview
- Quarterdeck Technical Note
- by Dan Sweeney
-
- Q: ? Can multiple users use DESQview from 1 master copy on a Novell
- dedicated file server ?
-
- A:. Yes. Follow this procedure after you have read Appendix C
- of the DESQview manual.
-
- Legal Considerations
-
- Your license agreement specifically prohibits you from assigning
- or transfering DESQview to any other person. You are bound by the
- terms of this license agreement when you use DESQview on a network.
- EACH and EVERY INDIVIDUAL USER OF DESQview on ANY network MUST
- have purchased (or otherwise legally acquired) a copy of DESQview
- and MUST have a DESQview manual.
-
- Operational Considerations
-
- MAPPING. Novell's MAP INSERT can be used inside DESQview. However we
- recommend that Search Drive mapping be done from within the login
- script prior to starting DESQview. Search drives (Z:, Y:, X:, ...)
- should never be used to change directories on the network inside
- DESQview. If a user issues the change directory command from within
- a DESQview window on a search mapped drive the new value entered
- (ie cd\data) is globally applied to all DESQview windows. This can
- cause application programs that use overlays to fail as the search
- map no longer points to the correct directory. DESQview will
- remember the correct subdirectory on MAPped drives which are not
- search drives (F:, G:, H:, ...).
-
- PRINTING. A user can run Novell's CAPTURE command from within batch
- files or from the keyboard within a DESQview window. If the user
- runs CAPTURE in one window and then reruns CAPTURE in another window
- the previous CAPTURE command is lost. It is best to set up your
- default CAPTURE(s) from within the user login script prior to loading
- DESQview.
-
- SWAPPING. In the case where a workstation doesn't have or has
- run out of exPanded memory DESQview's default is to swap to the
- directory where DESQview was started from. The user should have
- both create and delete rights in his default DESQview directory.
- If you have limited the users' network drive disk space DESQview
- may post an error message when the user attempts to switch windows.
- A DESQview SWAP file is typically as large as the amount of memory
- allocated to the program in the PIF file plus 10 to 16K. For
- programs that use exPanded memory this can vary quite a bit. Be sure
- to allow the user enough disk space to accommodate these swap files.
-
- Appendix C suggests that you may "share" the portions of DESQview
- which are not unique to an individual. This example shows how this
- might be done. The example lists the structure of directories and
- files on a Netware file server named QDECK, the user's name will be
- FRANK.
-
- SYS:
- ├── SYSTEM
- ├── PUBLIC
- ├── MAIL
- ├── LOGIN
- ├── USERS
- ├── PROGRAMS
- └── DATA
-
- Step 1. Create a DESQview directory as a subdirectory of programs.
-
- Step 2. COPY the DESQview diskette into SYS:PROGRAMS/DESQview.
-
- Step 3. Create the FRANK\DV directory as a subdirectory of USERS.
-
- Step 4. COPY these files from SYS:PROGRAMS/DESQview into FRANK\DV
-
- DESQVIEW.DIR DVSETUP.COM
- DESQVIEW.DVH INSTLADD.COM
- AU-LOAD.COM FW-LOAD.COM
- LT-LOAD.COM MM-LOAD.COM
- PX-LOAD.COM WS-LOAD.COM
- DESQVIEW.DVO INSTLCHG.COM
- LS-LOAD.COM MS.COM
-
- Step 5. Create or modify user FRANK's login script simular
- to example below.
-
- FRANK's Login script looks like this:
-
- MAP *1:=SYS:USERS/%LOGIN_NAME/DV ;places user in their DV directory
- MAP P:=QDECK/SYS:DATA/PDOXDATA ;required for Paradox
- MAP S14:=QDECK/SYS:PROGRAMS/PARADOX ;search map for Paradox
- MAP S15:=QDECK/SYS:PROGRAMS/DESQview ;search map for DESQview
- MAP S16:=QDECK/SYS:PUBLIC ;search map to Public directory
- ;to keep Netware's default map
- ;from modifiying your path
-
- Step 6. Login to the network as FRANK
-
- Step 7. Make sure you are in the directory \USERS\FRANK\DV.
- Type Autoinst x: and press enter (substitute the drive letter
- ie F:, G:, ... for x). Repeat this step for each drive the user
- has access to.
-
- Step 8. From the FRANK\DV directory type SETUP and press enter.
- You may choose either simple or advanced setup. The setup program
- will create a file named DVSETUP.DV in the FRANK\DV directory. This
- file is specific to the user FRANK and the workstation's hardware
- configuration (ie EGA monitor, allow swapping etc). If FRANK were to
- change his video adapter from EGA to VGA SETUP should be run again
- prior to starting DESQview. If FRANK were to login from another
- workstation that didn't match the video and mouse settings in his
- DVSETUP.DV problems may occur.
-
-
- Your directory structure should now look similar to this.
- SYS:
- ├─ SYSTEM
- ├─ PUBLIC
- ├─ MAIL
- ├─ LOGIN
- ├─ USERS
- │ │
- │ └─ FRANK
- │ └─ DV (files)
- │ └─ DESQVIEW.DIR
- │ INSTLCHG.COM
- │ INSTLADD.COM
- │ DVSETUP.COM
- │ DESQVIEW.DVO
- │ DESQVIEW.DVH
- │ DVSETUP.DV
- │ AU-LOAD.COM ;Loader file for Autocad
- │ FW-LOAD.COM ;Loader file for Framework
- │ LS-LOAD.COM ;Loader file for Lotus release 2-2.01
- │ LT-LOAD.COM ;Loader file for Lotus release 1
- │ MM-LOAD.COM ;Loader file for Multi-Mate
- │ PX-LOAD.COM ;Loader file for Paradox release 2-2.01
- │ WS-LOAD.COM ;Loader file for Wordstar
- │ L2-PIF.DVP ;PIF for Lotus
- │ P2-PIF.DVP ;PIF for Paradox
- │ MS-PIF.DVP ;PIF for Memory Status
- │ AP-PIF.DVP ;PIF for Add a Program
- │ CP-PIF.DVP ;PIF for Change & Delete a program
- │ DS-PIF.DVP ;PIF for Dos Services
- │ SS-PIF.DVP ;PIF for Sample Spreadsheet
- │ SD-PIF.DVP ;PIF for Sample Document
- │
- │ ;PIF stands for Program Information File.
- │
- ├── PROGRAMS
- │ │
- │ ├─ DESQview
- │ │ └─────── (copy the DESQview diskette to this directory)
- │ │
- │ ├─ PARADOX
- │ │ └─────── (program files for Paradox)
- │ └─ LOTUS
- │ └─────── (program files for Lotus)
- │
- └── DATA
- │
- ├─ PDOXDATA
- │ └─────── (Database files for Paradox)
- └─ 123DATA
- └─────── (Worksheet files for Lotus)
-
- FRANK should then start DESQview from the \FRANK\DV directory.
-
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