sharing dvb files

[Anonymous]

is it possible to share dvb files across a lan network? and if so, would i only be able to edit the dvb file and save changes when the dvb file is not used by anyone else? how do people handle this?

thanks

[Anonymous]

I have mine loaded on a network an them seem to work fine. I load from a
single menu cui and all edit are made and saved to the network.
John Coon
"cadger" wrote in message news:6025124@discussion.autodesk.com...
is it possible to share dvb files across a lan network? and if so, would i
only be able to edit the dvb file and save changes when the dvb file is not
used by anyone else? how do people handle this?

thanks

[Anonymous]

Hi cadger,

I'm unsure about R2009, but in earlier versions of AutoCAD there was a
limit of about 15 simultaneous users who could use the file from a
network. You can't edit the file while another user has it open.
The foolproof system is to copy (if changed) the "master" file from the
network to a user's computer during logon. That way the master can be
updated at anytime, with the user getting the latest next time they log on.

Changes to the Master - either bug fix, or changed functionality should
be advised to the users such that they are aware of the change before
they start to use it.


Regards


Laurie Comerford

cadger wrote:
> is it possible to share dvb files across a lan network? and if so, would i only be able to edit the dvb file and save changes when the dvb file is not used by anyone else? how do people handle this?
>
> thanks

[arcticad]

I've also had issues with using a network drive. I've had the server disconnect / reconnect and then I either get an error or it starts to open up multiple copies of the same file. And unless everyone is disconnected from the file I can't make changes.

Store the modified Date in the registry and if the date is different copy it from the network to the local drive.

[Anonymous]

sounds like a plan, thanks for the ideas

another question though, the other user tends to keep a number of drawings open at a time (never reboots their computer) and with civil series 2004. If she were to open yet another drawing, read from the registry that a newer master dvb is available, would the new dvb be able to copied over the one in use by the earlier opened drawings?

thanks

[Anonymous]

thinking some more, i guess the filenames of the dvbs wouldn't always have to stay the same. the other network user could just have a number of different dvbs used in different dwgs on their local computer, until they are phased out.

[Anonymous]

Here's how I use a combination of AutoLisp and VBA to deal with this issue:

My acad.lsp file (which runs only when Autocad is first opened), initializes
acad.vba, which in turn executes an acad.dvb file on the network.

The acad.dvb file copies my main VBA program files onto the user's
workstation and starts them running.

Then I have in my acaddoc.lsp file (which runs every time a drawing is
opened) a routine that unloads the acad.dvb startup program.

This way, the user is connected only to the local dvb file, so I can freely
make changes to either the startup file or the main file. The user gets the
changes next time he opens Autocad. I've also found that the VBA programs
run faster when they're on the local machine.

wrote in message news:6025124@discussion.autodesk.com...
is it possible to share dvb files across a lan network? and if so, would i
only be able to edit the dvb file and save changes when the dvb file is not
used by anyone else? how do people handle this?

thanks