Posted by Robert G Laurin on April 02, 2007 at 12:30:16:
I know this subject has been addressed before but...
Would it be possible to add a [Copy Files] section to either Comet.INI or COSWGLOB.INI so that COMET.EXE copies a couple of user files to the temporary comet start-up folder?
Yes! I understand that it could slow down Comet start-up and truth is, I'd be happy if it just copy what it can and ignore the rest (ignore errors). Because we cannot find either the original start-up folder nor the current start-up folder we are unable to follow our "toys" that need to be loaded from Comet Start-up folders. The recent CometServe allows us to "hide" ALL Comet directories (thank you-thank you!!) but that also prevents us from loading DLL and/or OLEDB drivers...
With over a hundred users on at all times, using Comet.exe makes sense but this problem with files copy prevents us from using it properly. Not using Comet.exe makes it impossible to keep the other Comet executables up to date (install new versions).
I would also love to have a lenghty discussion with Jim & Brian over the use of INI files and registry keys in a MS Windows Domain environment (Active Directory). Short of making everybody an Administrator it is not easy to maintain Comet on a fully secured Domain. CometAnywhere Clients are also a pain to configure/secure...