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diff --git a/docs/Samba-Guide/Chap02-SimpleOfficeServer.xml b/docs/Samba-Guide/Chap02-SimpleOfficeServer.xml index dc45f02a4d..8adc2ef78c 100644 --- a/docs/Samba-Guide/Chap02-SimpleOfficeServer.xml +++ b/docs/Samba-Guide/Chap02-SimpleOfficeServer.xml @@ -361,12 +361,25 @@ use any PC. Only two Windows applications are used: a custom funds tracking and management package that stores all files on the central server and Microsoft Word. The office prepares mail-out letters, letters of invitation, and thank-you notes. All files must be stored in perpetuity. - The custom funds tracking and management software has been configured to use a server named + The custom funds tracking and management (FTM) software has been configured to use a server named <constant>SERVER</constant>, a share named <constant>FTMFILES</constant>, and a printer queue named <constant>PRINTQ</constant> that uses preprinted stationery, thus demanding a dedicated printer. This printer does not need to be mapped to a local printer on the workstations. </para> + <para> + The FTM software has been in use since the days of Windows 3.11. The software was configured + by the vendor who has since gone out of business. The name of the identities of the file + server and the printer are hard coded in a configuration file that was created using a + setup tool that the vendor did not provide to Abmas Vision NL or to its predecessors. The + company that produced the software is no longer in business. In order to avoid risk of + any incompatibilities the share name and the name of the target print queue is being set + precisely as the application expects. In actual fact, share names and print queue names + should be treated as case insensitive (i.e.: Case does not matter) but Abmas Vision claim + that if the share name is not in lower case the application claims it can not find the + file share. + </para> + <para><indexterm> <primary>print queue</primary> </indexterm><indexterm> @@ -778,7 +791,7 @@ C:\WINDOWS: regedit ME-dpwc.reg <step><para> On each Windows Me workstation, configure a network drive mapping to drive <filename>G:</filename> that redirects to the uniform naming convention (UNC) resource - <filename>\\server\officefiles</filename>. Make this a permanent drive connection as follows: + <filename>\\server\office</filename>. Make this a permanent drive connection as follows: <procedure> <step><para> <menuchoice> |