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Virtual Files - WP Won't Recognize Directory
DocumentID: 651213
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 8:29:05 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: The customer uses the Novell SFT Netware 286 TTS 2.15C network. He has a directory on his local drive that is hidden and also has a space in the directory name. He is able to create this configuration through Norton Advanced 4.5 program NCD.EXE. For security/privacy reasons he wants this to be his default document directory. However, since WP won't recognize the directory, he can't enter the path/directory into Setup, Location of Files, nor can he save any files there through F10 or F7. The interesting thing is that when he is at that directory prompt at DOS and he types "WP" to enter WordPerfect the virtual files are actually written there. However, when he exits WP, the virtual files are not erased and no message such as "Insert WP2 diskette....." is displayed. Why does it allow the virtual to be written to this directory? Is this a possible enhancement request to allow a space in the path? Solutions: DOS does not allow spaces in a directory name, so if he is able to find some way of getting that to happen, there is no way that WP is going to be able to address the directory name without the same sort of code that created the name in the first place. The temporary files are just being created in the current directory; it is not until the opening screen that we try to go to the specific directory and open the files, at which point we are unable to find it. This is an enhancement request. If the customer is interested in security, he should have a directory made on the network that only he has rights to.

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