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An attempt to open the Source Browser .BSC file associated with a project located on a Novell NetWare file server in Microsoft Visual Workbench (VWB) version 1.0 may cause VWB to display the following message:
Cannot open the browser database file. Share is not installed or
is not active for this drive.
The user does not have the necessary access rights to the root directory of the drive on which the .BSC file is stored.
Perform one of the following two steps to work around this situation:
Right Meaning
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Create May create subdirectories and files
Erase May erase directory and files
File Scan May scan for files
Read May read from files
Write May write to files
The Microsoft Source Browser attempts to create a hidden file in the root directory of the drive that contains a project. This file is named $$MSVC$$.SHR. For example, if your file server is mapped to drive R:, and a project is located in the R:\WORK\PROJECT directory, the Source Browser attempts to create its file in the R:\ directory.
If the user does not have the necessary rights in the server root directory, the Source Browser cannot create the hidden file and it generates the message above. These rights include the ability to search for, create, read from, and write to files. If the user does not have the right to erase files from the root directory, the Source Browser may be able to successfully open the file once. However, because the Source Browser cannot delete the file in the root directory, subsequent attempts to open the hidden file for writing fail.
To determine the rights a user has in a particular directory, use the Novell RIGHTS command. To determine what rights a user has in the current directory, enter the following at the MS-DOS command prompt:
RIGHTS
SERVER_NAME\SYS:WORK\PROJECT
Your effective rights for this directory are [ RWC ]
May Read from File. (R)
May Write to File. (W)
May Create Subdirectories and Files. (C)
MAP ROOT R:=SYS:\WORK\PROJECT
After you enter the MAP ROOT command shown above, Novell uses the WORK\PROJECT directory as the root directory for drive R:. In other words, when the current directory is R:\, the WORK\PROJECT directory on the SYS: volume is actually the current directory. As long as the project is opened in the Visual Workbench from the R: drive, when the Source Browser creates its hidden file in the root directory of the R: drive, it actually creates the file in the WORK\PROJECT directory on the SYS: volume. If the user has the necessary rights in this directory, the file creation and deletion operations succeed. Because the project directory contains the source code files, the user should have the right to search for, create, read from, write two, and erase files in that directory.
You can also define a drive mapping as a root drive using the Microsoft Windows File Manager in Microsoft Windows for Workgroups version 3.1. To do this, the Windows for Workgroups installation must include Novell NetWare support. To create a drive mapping in File Manager, perform the following eleven steps:
1. Start the Windows File Manager.
2. Connect to a network drive by clicking the network connection
button on the toolbar or by choosing Connect Network Drive from
the Disk menu.
3. Select the NetWare button in the Connect Network Drive dialog box.
4. File Manager displays its Network-Drive Connections dialog box
that lists the current data drive mappings in effect and lists the
drive letters that are available to be mapped. Select the drive
letter to use for the root mapping then choose the Browse button.
5. File Manager displays its Browse Connections dialog box that lists
the current Novell file servers and volumes available to map a
drive letter to. Choose the appropriate file server/volume
connection in the Servers/Volumes list box. In the previous
example, the server/volume would be SERVER_NAME/SYS:.
6. File Manager displays a list of the directories that can be mapped
to on the selected server/volume. Choose the directory that
contains the project. The edit control at the top of the Browse
Connections dialog box displays the full path to the project
directory, including the server/volume. For example, using the
previous example, the edit control displays the following:
SERVER_NAME/SYS:WORK/PROJECT
7. Choose OK to close the Browse Connections dialog box. The focus
returns to the Network-Drive Connections dialog box.
8. Choose the Map button. File Manager displays the selected
server/volume and directory next to the selected drive letter in
the Data drives list box.
9. Choose the Set Root button. File Manager displays a message box
asking for confirmation to assign the root to the current path.
11. Choose Close to dismiss the Network-Drive Connections dialog box.
File Manager maps the drive letter chosen in Step 4 above to the specified subdirectory on the specified server/volume. NetWare treats the specified subdirectory as the root directory for that drive letter. To avoid the situation in which the user has insufficient rights in the root directory, use this drive letter when you open the project in the Visual Workbench.
For more information on granting rights and mapping drives on a NetWare network, please refer to your Novell NetWare documentation.
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Last Reviewed: July 18, 1997