[WriteLog] Networking Ops per Help

[Ford Peterson]

Carsten wrote:


> Ford,
> 
> The way I understand this is simply that you create an empty log
> file on one of the machines. Then put it on a share, so each
> computer can copy it to a local drive _before_ the contest, ensuring
> that the same contest (and exchange format) is selected on each
> computer. You don't touch the shared file anytime later.
> 
> 73 Carsten, DL1EFD

I think the help file should clarify exactly what gets loaded where.  

For example, in XP, there is a folder on every desktop called "Shared Documents."  When you share your disk with other computers on the network, the ONLY place they will be allowed to look around is in that "Shared Documents" folder.  If I understand the WL help file correctly, only ONE computer on the network should have a shared log file in a folder called Shared Documents.  All the operating positions should have an identically named *.wl file (clones of the original) located on the local disk but NOT in the shared file folder.  Saving the file with Alt-S will then save the local Qs in the local copy.  Once saved, they become available for linking.  Is this correct?

When the operating positions "Link to Network" they look for that master copy in the shared documents folder located on the sole machine dedicated for the purpose of linking stuff together.  The single machine hosting that shared log must then be set to "Allow Network Connections" and the behind the scenes code in WL will do the handshaking to link up all the files.  

Is this correct?  Otherwise, I would love it if somebody would clarify what files are to be located where and on which machine on the network when running XP.

By the way, I think XP altered the way shared files are shared many updates ago--SP2 maybe?  When I first started running XP about 3 years ago, one machine on a peer-to-peer could peek into and alter other disk drives with relative ease.  Now, peers can only look into the shared folder unless substantive intervention is performed to allow for this activity.  It could very well be that firewall operations have changed substantially since Wayne originally set-up WL for XP...

Ford-N0FP
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