Subject Re: How to use a Dbase app on two geographically diverse locations From Ronnie MacGregor <No_Sp@m.Thanks> Date Fri, 12 Jan 2018 19:00:23 -0000 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started In article <t6yAXS9iTHA.1828@ip-AC1E04A7>, akshat.kapoor@kapoorsons.in says... > \\Windows-2l0igcp\c\dbasetutorial\muneem\ From the above line I can see that your server name or machine name is : Windows-2l0igcp > but failed with all of the following lines > > dbServer = "//192.168.1.103/localhost" > dbServer = upper("192.168.1.103\localhost") > dbServer = upper("\\Windows-2l0igcp\localhost") Of course these will fail. The constant "localhost" equates to 127.0.0.1 which is basically a loopback connector to the machine that you are working on. So using localhost or 127.0.0.1 or the local machine name, may all very well work on the stand alone machine in front of you, but it isn't going to work for any remote machine. dbServer = "192.168.1.103" This might very well work, but the IP address is more likely to change than the machine name. dbServer = "Windows-2l0igcp" Try this one . . . . . and you stand a better chance !! -- Ronnie MacGregor Scotland Ronnie at dBASEdeveloper dot co dot uk www.dBASEdeveloper.co.uk