- Server installation syntax failure

From: H. v. L. <"H.>
Date: Mon, 09 Jan 2006 08:57:05 +0100

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Hi Doug,

you probably should use qoutation marks for the path name, Windows accepts
path names with blanks only this way.

Harro

On Sun, 08 Jan 2006 23:54:07 +0100, Douglas G. Danforth
<danforth{([at]})nowhere.xy

> Folks,
> I can't get the /Use syntax to be accepted by MS Windows XP.
> The new BlackBox documentation shows a space between the .exe and the
> /Use whereas the previous documentation did not. The new 1.5
> documentation says
>
> ---
> 3) For each workstation, create a shortcut with the following contents:
>
> Command Line (Target): "<BlackBoxFDir>\BlackBox.exe /Use <WorkDir>"
> Working Directory (Start in): "<WorkDir>"
>
> where <BlackBoxFDir> stands for the full path name of the directory
> where BlackBox is installed (on the server), and <WorkDir> is the path
> of the working directory of the actual machine (on the client or on the
> server). The latter must not end with a backslash ("\").
>
> Example:
> Command Line (Target): "S:\BLACKBOX\BlackBox.exe /Use C:\BLACKBOX"
> Working Directory (Start in): "C:\BLACKBOX"
> ---
> The message I get is "The name 'G:\Program
> Files\BlackBox1.5\BlackBox.exe /Use G:\Dgd\BlackBox' specified in the
> Target box is not valid. Make sure the path and file name are
> correct". If I remove [ /Use G:\Dgd\BlackBox] from the target specs
> then XP accepts the syntax.
>
> I have not done this type of installation before (although urged to by
> Fyodor). What is the correct syntax?
>
> -Doug
>
> --- BlackBox
> --- send subject HELP or UNSUBSCRIBE to blackbox{([at]})nowhere.xy
>
>

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