Default.ivb behavior??

[CadUser46]

Hi

I am having some irratic behvior with regards to our Default.ivb.  For the most part our setup has worked fine with the odd problem here and there but today entire groups lost access to it.

In general our network config is like this:

I have a master copy of all templates, design data, macros, ilogic that i edit.

We then have 6 departments in 6 physical locations (around the globe) that each have one (local to the network location) copy of the templates, design data, macros, ilogic.

At each of these locations there are min 5, max 35 users all pointing to the domain read only server template files. So that up to 35 users all pointing to the networked Default.ivb set by way of standard Application Option files.  Its only the network folder that is read only, the physical file on the server does not show read only in the windows attributes although i'd like to think this cascades down from the domain permission?

2 of 6 locations have reported this problem before to some degree:

1. Macro's dont work.  Clicking on any of the user command icons does nothing.

2. On further investigation the Default.ivb project file has not been loaded.  ie the VBA IDE is completely empty. 

    Trying to load the same project manually does nothing.

    Loading a copy of the file from the same location works.

    Loading the problem file from any other location (network or local) works also.

Can anyone explain if the 'Open as Read Only' check box, when browsing to the Default VBA Project, persists between sessions?

Any other recommendations?

[CadUser46]

Anybody have simlar experiences with a networked ivb?

[adam.nagy]

Hi,

Could there be a restriction on how many people can access the file at any given moment? I think that's part of the file's security setting. 

If nothing else works, then I think the best would be if each machine had a batch routine that copies all necessary files from the server and all applications then use the local copies. 

Cheers,

[CadUser46]

Hi Adam

Im perfectly prepared for there to be no real answer and/or disapointing news but i would just like to demistify this behavior.

Would you care to expand on the first comment?  Where is this security setting and how is it set?  Microsoft or Autodesk?  Anything related to the out of process service that might disappear when changing to Inventor 2014 and 64bit VBA?

I could do that with a batch file but its more setup i need to rely on users to do in the first place.  I also cant guarantee it wouldnt be undone by IT policy when they push machine updates. I'll bring this to our group and see what the opinion is.

[adam.nagy]

Hi,

I had a look and it's actually under sharing not security, and it would be set for the folder not the file.

Still I guess limiting the number of simultaneous users could result in too many people using contents of the same folder, and make Default.ivb not accessible:

Cheers,

[CadUser46]

Adam.  Can you confirm if you are looking at the actual folder on the server or does this only apply to local folders?

Im looking as a standard domain user at our network folder and i dont see any folder called sharing. I see every tab except Sharing.

[adam.nagy]

On the server you can right-click on the folder you want to share with other computers and then you can set the max number of simultaneous accesses to it.

I guess this setting would only make sense for the sharer, not for the client.

You could ask the server's owner about this.

[CadUser46]

Thanks.  I will find the right person.