Directory Alias - Clarification Of Instructio

DocumentID: 610412
Revision Date: 29-Feb-96 1:34:31 PM

The information in this document applies to:
WordPerfect® 5.1 for DOS

Problem

Symptoms: Directory aliases do not display on a network. However, they do display in stand-alone WP. The default directory is T:\, and the customer has all rights in T:\ (i.e., Execute, Write, Read, Delete, Change Attributes, and permission to change your own authority to those files). The customer saved the file WP{WP}.DLN in T:\. When the customer presses F5 (List Files), 5 (Short/Long Display), and 2 (Long Name), the Directory Alias does not show up. Solutions: In order for Directory Alias to work properly in a network environment, you need to do three things: 1. Create a directory listing file that is named with your user initials. For example, if your initials are EMB, then the .DLN file needs to be named WPEMB}.DLN. This is absolutely critical! WordPerfect looks for this file in this format. 2. Save the file to the root directory of the drive that you want the alias names for. For example, if you want to have alias names for directories on the R: drive, the .DLN file needs to be saved to R:\. 3. Create a .DLN file on each drive. If you want to have aliases for directories on the R: and S: drives, you would have to create a .DLN file for both drives. This causes a problem on some networks because you may not have rights to the root directory, and consequently cannot save the directory listing file to the root directory. In Novell NetWare 3.0 and 3.1, this can be bypassed by creating a "fake root" for a directory that you do have rights to. If your customer desires this, refer them to the Novell manuals. Remind your customer that they need to have the latest versions of IPX and NET3 for "fake root" to work. There was a problem on the 08/20/90 interim release of WP where users were not able to see the directory aliases after modifying the WPxxx}.DLN file. This problem was fixed in the 05/31/91 interim release of WP.

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