Yep. It's crude, but heck it works.
--- "Todd E. Lewis" <telewis@PROVBANK.COM> wrote:
> Ok, I got it. So you just call a batch file that
> does this copy everytime you lauch the client gui?
>
> >>> Xu He <xuhe@YAHOO.COM> 07/16 3:04 PM >>>
> The client doesn't know a thing about the server
> map.
> In the UNIX version, the client uses a X-windows
> connection to look at the same map as the server.
> Therefore you really only need to customize on map.
> In NT, the map files resides on the client, and it's
> a
> pain to synchronize the map. In my case, since my
> maps are still named default, so I just copy all of
> the files from the
> \usr\ov\databases\openview\mapdb\default to the
> client
> directory. This will replace the clients map. Take
> a
> look at the getservermap.bat, I think the syntax is:
>
> getservermap 'netview drive share letter' 'name of
> the
> map'
>
> Xu He
>
>
>
>
> --- "Todd E. Lewis" <telewis@PROVBANK.COM> wrote:
> > Ok, thanks. If the client and the server console
> > display the same map name how does the client know
> > internally where to get the map from?
> >
> > >>> Xu He <xuhe@YAHOO.COM> 07/16 1:32 PM >>>
> > Todd,
> >
> > I am not certain about your scenario. When you
> > refer
> > to the console, I am assuming you meant the
> client.
> > I
> > know there are times when the certain object for
> > some
> > reason remain on a client's map even though I know
> I
> > delete it. I am not certain the reliability of
> the
> > update mechanism, since it is running over
> NetBEUI.
> > When I did a sniffer trace, the client seem to
> copy
> > down a update file every few seconds.
> >
> > Here's what I did, it may not apply to people with
> > multiple maps. Because I created my map on the
> > server, I wrote a script that copies the server
> map
> > to
> > the client every time the client restart. Thus
> the
> > clients maps are nearly identical to the server
> one.
> > The batch file I modified is somewhat resembles
> the
> > getservermap.bat, in the \usr\ov\bin directory.
> >
> > Hope this helps
> > Xu He
> >
> > --- "Todd E. Lewis" <telewis@PROVBANK.COM> wrote:
> > > I'm having a problem with a Netview console not
> > > being synchronized with the server as far as the
> > > smartsets are concerned. Is there a way to fix
> > this?
> > >
> >
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> > Consulting Services Engineer
> > Network Solutions, Inc
> > http://www.netsol.com/consulting
> >
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