NetQuestion Path Restrictions!

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I just tried to install Code/400 V3R3M3 on my machine at work. It didn't install NetQuestion, the new help system. The install didn't tell me why. In the "Installing VisuaAge RPG and Code/400 for AS/400" manual I came across this paragraph on page 34: "If you are installing on Win 95 or 98 and receive an error message indicating that NetQuestion cannot be installed, it is because the PATH statement in your autoexec.bat is longer than 200 characters. The solution is to shorten PATH statement." Arrgh! The last sentence make is all sound so easy. A large chunk of my PATH statement come from Client Access Express, another IBM product. I may have to re-install it into somewhere other than the defualt Program Files so I can get a shorter path. Why this restriction? Why the limit of 200? Depending on how much software you have loaded paths in excess of 200 are not uncommon. Sam

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I had the same problem, and it took me a lot of experimenting and retries to get my Path statement small enough. The need to add to the path statement is almost unheard of for recent products - why does IBM still insist on using it? "SJ Lennon" wrote in message news:8q8n5i$149k$1@news.software.ibm.com... > I just tried to install Code/400 V3R3M3 on my machine at work. It didn't > install NetQuestion, the new help system. The install didn't tell me why. > > In the "Installing VisuaAge RPG and Code/400 for AS/400" manual I came > across this paragraph on page 34: > > "If you are installing on Win 95 or 98 and receive an error message > indicating that NetQuestion cannot be installed, it is because the PATH > statement in your autoexec.bat is longer than 200 characters. The solution > is to shorten PATH statement." > > Arrgh! The last sentence make is all sound so easy. A large chunk of my > PATH statement come from Client Access Express, another IBM product. I may > have to re-install it into somewhere other than the defualt Program Files so > I can get a shorter path. > > Why this restriction? Why the limit of 200? Depending on how much software > you have loaded paths in excess of 200 are not uncommon. > > Sam > > >

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It took me the better part of two hours. And I'm sure that one app will no longer run, but I'll worry about that when it comes up again. Of course, if I then have a path longer than 200 will NetQuestion stop working? Sam "Doug Edwards" wrote in message news:8qatck$13eq$1@news.software.ibm.com... > I had the same problem, and it took me a lot of experimenting and retries to > get my Path statement small enough. The need to add to the path statement > is almost unheard of for recent products - why does IBM still insist on > using it? > > "SJ Lennon" wrote in message > news:8q8n5i$149k$1@news.software.ibm.com... > > I just tried to install Code/400 V3R3M3 on my machine at work. It didn't > > install NetQuestion, the new help system. The install didn't tell me why. > > > > In the "Installing VisuaAge RPG and Code/400 for AS/400" manual I came > > across this paragraph on page 34: > > > > "If you are installing on Win 95 or 98 and receive an error message > > indicating that NetQuestion cannot be installed, it is because the PATH > > statement in your autoexec.bat is longer than 200 characters. The > solution > > is to shorten PATH statement." > > > > Arrgh! The last sentence make is all sound so easy. A large chunk of my > > PATH statement come from Client Access Express, another IBM product. I > may > > have to re-install it into somewhere other than the defualt Program Files > so > > I can get a shorter path. > > > > Why this restriction? Why the limit of 200? Depending on how much > software > > you have loaded paths in excess of 200 are not uncommon. > > > > Sam > > > > > > > >

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Sam, I had the same problem on a W98 machine. I ended up removing one of my client access directories from the path with no observed problems. It was either the emulator or shared entry. If you are interested, I can check and respond back. The other thing you can do is use the DOS name. It takes a while, and is error prone, but I cut out quite a bit. The only other advise I have is to install Client Access Express into a root directory, not the /program files/ibm that it defaults to. The Oracle client is another path hog. David Morris On Tue, 19 Sep 2000 17:52:37 -0400, "SJ Lennon" wrote: >I just tried to install Code/400 V3R3M3 on my machine at work. It didn't >install NetQuestion, the new help system. The install didn't tell me why. > >In the "Installing VisuaAge RPG and Code/400 for AS/400" manual I came >across this paragraph on page 34: > > "If you are installing on Win 95 or 98 and receive an error message >indicating that NetQuestion cannot be installed, it is because the PATH >statement in your autoexec.bat is longer than 200 characters. The solution >is to shorten PATH statement." > >Arrgh! The last sentence make is all sound so easy. A large chunk of my >PATH statement come from Client Access Express, another IBM product. I may >have to re-install it into somewhere other than the defualt Program Files so >I can get a shorter path. > >Why this restriction? Why the limit of 200? Depending on how much software >you have loaded paths in excess of 200 are not uncommon. > >Sam > >

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David, In the past, it has been necessary to have the CA emulator directory in your path for the CL prompting in Code/400 to work properly. Without it, the command would prompt, but the emulator would not gain focus automatically. I think this is/was documented in Code/400 somewhere. I do not think that CA needs to be in the path at all for CA to work properly, but it might need to be in the path for other apps like Code/400, that want to use it to work properly. I agree with you that a good solution is to install CA into a directory off the root, such as C:CAWIN Mark Phippard SoftLanding Systems "David Morris" wrote in message news:n0hksss2h2a4av0gjkpckk690s3ptlm60g@4ax.com... > Sam, > > I had the same problem on a W98 machine. I ended up removing one of > my client access directories from the path with no observed problems. > It was either the emulator or shared entry. If you are interested, I > can check and respond back. The other thing you can do is use the DOS > name. It takes a while, and is error prone, but I cut out quite a > bit. The only other advise I have is to install Client Access > Express into a root directory, not the /program files/ibm that it > defaults to. The Oracle client is another path hog. > > David Morris > > > > On Tue, 19 Sep 2000 17:52:37 -0400, "SJ Lennon" wrote: > > >I just tried to install Code/400 V3R3M3 on my machine at work. It didn't > >install NetQuestion, the new help system. The install didn't tell me why. > > > >In the "Installing VisuaAge RPG and Code/400 for AS/400" manual I came > >across this paragraph on page 34: > > > > "If you are installing on Win 95 or 98 and receive an error message > >indicating that NetQuestion cannot be installed, it is because the PATH > >statement in your autoexec.bat is longer than 200 characters. The solution > >is to shorten PATH statement." > > > >Arrgh! The last sentence make is all sound so easy. A large chunk of my > >PATH statement come from Client Access Express, another IBM product. I may > >have to re-install it into somewhere other than the defualt Program Files so > >I can get a shorter path. > > > >Why this restriction? Why the limit of 200? Depending on how much software > >you have loaded paths in excess of 200 are not uncommon. > > > >Sam > > > > >

[dmorris@plumcreek.com]

Mark, I found that I could remove one of the three CA directories from my path. I am not at home right now to know which one. If I removed either of the other two, CA did not work at all. The emulator gaining focus never worked for me but it wasn't a big problem. David Morris On Thu, 21 Sep 2000 13:58:36 -0400, "Mark Phippard" wrote: >David, > >In the past, it has been necessary to have the CA emulator directory in your >path for the CL prompting in Code/400 to work properly. Without it, the >command would prompt, but the emulator would not gain focus automatically. >I think this is/was documented in Code/400 somewhere. > >I do not think that CA needs to be in the path at all for CA to work >properly, but it might need to be in the path for other apps like Code/400, >that want to use it to work properly. > >I agree with you that a good solution is to install CA into a directory off >the root, such as C:CAWIN > >Mark Phippard >SoftLanding Systems

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"Eric L. Dalton" wrote: > I haven't tried it for client access, but the old DOS command "SUBST" could > remap directory structures to fake drive letter designations That's what I mismembered - thanks Eric