Error 4180 during drive mapping

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Gary E. Buxton
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Error 4180 during drive mapping

Post by Gary E. Buxton »

The master computer has Windows 7 and br420d.exe in the folder C:\Br.
The brconfig.sys drive statement is DRIVE C:,C:\BR,C:\BR,\ which gives no errors.

Folder C:\Br is mapped on the network as \\GaryW7\Br\.

I have created an alternate brconfigXPS.sys in the folder C:\Br.. In the shortcut on the other computer, I have for the target:
\\GaryW7\Br\Br420.exe -Brconfigxps.sys -02.

When I access br from another computer, i receive a 4180 error for
WHATEVER I enter for the DRIVE statement.

I would like the correct drive statement please.[/u]
gtisdale
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Post by gtisdale »

Where is the brconfigXPS.sys ?
From your post it appear to be on the master comuter in the \\GaryW7\br directory.

Where is the "Start In" directory for your short cut to activate BR?

You may need to specify the exact location of the brconfigXPS.sys just as you did with the

\\GaryW7\Br\Br420.exe -Brconfigxps.sys -02.

as in

\\GaryW7\Br\Br420.exe -\\GaryW7\Br\Brconfigxps.sys -02.

BR may also be confused by having two C: drives. The one on your physical computer and the remapped C: from the drive statement. I try to keep my mapped drives separate from my physical drives unless they are on the network, at which point I usually map the BR drive statement to the letter that the local computer sees the net work drive as. For example

drive X:,C:\programs,C:\programs,wb
drive L:,L:,L:,wb

FNGeorge
Gary E. Buxton
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Post by Gary E. Buxton »

-- CONCLUSION --

To FnGeorge;

It took me awhile to figure out what you were trying to tell me. I only have 30 years programming experience, an Associate Degree in Computer Science plus advanced courses at University of Alabama in Birmingham. Plus I worked for Richard Forrester for several years (whom I still think is the best programmer I have ever known).

Your answers may be concise but are still somewhat criptic to me.

From your examples, I have assertained the following:

Your master computer folder/directory layout is
C: --> C:\programs --> C:\programs\wb

In your drive statement "drive X:,C:\programs,C:\programs,wb":
The first parameter creates a fictional folder name "X:"
The second parameter "C:\programs" is really what is read.
The third parameter can be anything/does nothing.
The fourth parameter is changing the "X:" folder to read "C:\programs\br."

In your drive statement "drive L:,L:,L:,wb"
The master computer has created a network drive path "L:" that points to folder "C:\programs".
The first parameter creates a fictional folder name "L:".
The second parameter ""L:" is reading the "C:\Programs" on the master computer.
The third parameter can be anything/does nothing.
The fourth parameter is changing the "L:" folder to read "C:\programs\br".

ON MY COMPUTER SYSTEM:

The master computer is called \\GaryW7 on the network.
The folder/directory layout is C: --> C:\programs --> C:\br
I have created a network path "W:" to access "C:\Br".

My drive statement in Brconfig.sys on the master computer is "C:,C:\Br,C:\Br,\".

I have created a second BRconfigXPS.sys file in "C:\Br" on the master computer.
My drive statement in BrconfigXPS.sys is "W:,\\GaryW7\Br,W:,\".

My shortcut on the master computer TARGET is "C:\Br\br420d.exe -01" and START IN is C:\Br.

My shortcut on the slave computer TARGET is \\GaryW7\Br\br420d.exe -brconfigXPS.sys -02 and START IN is \\GaryW7\Br.

NOTES:
I had to change the INCLUDE statements in BrconfigXPS.sys to access the printer sys files on the master computer (Example INCLUDE \\GaryW7\Br\Printer.sys).

If the second parameter in the DRIVE statement is the full folder path, then the fourth parameter should be "\".

Hopefully, what I have stated above is correct and is, of course, subject to any corrections.
gordon
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Post by gordon »

Gabriel commented on the email forum that you could in essence skip BR drive mapping. That might be a problem.

We don't do record locking on drives that aren't mapped.
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