Don't laugh.
I installed the WhoHas.arx routine in the startup of ACAD 2000 for the 30+
CAD stations we have here and not only can a person run the whohas from
command line BUT, now when a person gets the "read only" message when they
try to open a file another person is in, the name of the user and the
machine number are displayed in the message. (What a wonderful thing !)
I didn't consciously make this happen. I simply made whohas.arx autoload
during startup. We run Windows NT on our network.
good luck
jm
"John Laidler" wrote in message
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> I just loaded the Whohas.arx to our companies standard menu that is loaded
> whenever someone starts autocad.
> That way I can use Whohas to find out who's in a specified drawing file.
>
> "David Herrick" wrote in message
> news:F48504DF31BE6334BFB6798E4E2F5BB9@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > Besides the WhoHas.arx, which has to be installed on every machine, you
> can
> > also use the NT Server Manager (if you have the permission, and you can
> get
> > a utility to run it from 2000/NT/98/95) to search for the file.
> Sometimes,
> > I have had to rely on this method, but our office only has 30-35 user.
> >
> > "Ken Switzer" wrote in message
> > news:D2BD38D20E51E00B40A021A1EF9B164D@in.WebX.maYIadrTaRb...
> > > How many CADD managers out there have heard this question? What I need
> to
> > > know is, is there a way that I can find out who is accessing a drawing
> on
> > a
> > > network server. We are running NT4.0 with AutoCAD r14 soon to be
2000I.
> I
> > > know we can create log files and scan them but that would create a
> > headache
> > > for people thinking "big brother is watching me".
> > >
> > > Any thoughts would be greatly appreciated.
> > > --
> > > Ken Switzer
> > > CADD Administrator
> > > Parkhill, Smith & Cooper, Inc
> > > Lubbock, Texas
> > >
> >
>