SHARE Error When Saving File to LANTastic Server
  
PSS ID Number: Q120127
Article last modified on 05-16-1998
 
windows:4.0,4.0a,4.0c
 
WINDOWS
 

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The information in this article applies to:
 
 - Microsoft PowerPoint for Windows, versions 4.0, 4.0a, 4.0c
 - Microsoft Word for Windows, versions 6.0, 6.0a, 6.0c
 - Microsoft Excel for Windows, version 5.0
 - Microsoft Works for Windows, version 3.0
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SYMPTOMS
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When saving a PowerPoint file, you may receive an error stating
that SHARE must be loaded, even if you have SHARE.EXE in your AUTOEXEC.BAT
file and/or Windows VSHARE.386 in your SYSTEM.INI file.
 
This problem occurs when you save the file to a LANTastic 5.0 resource
server, or open a file from the LANTastic 5.0 resource server. Saving and
opening files on a local disk drive works correctly, as does saving the
presentation in PowerPoint 3.0 format to the server.
 
RESOLUTION
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Run SHARE on the LANTastic 5.0 resource server.
 
MORE INFORMATION
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When running any application that includes OLE 2.0 (such as PowerPoint 4.0
or Word 6.0 for Windows) on a machine that is using a LANTastic 5.0
network, you may receive the following error when saving to, or opening a
file from, a LANTastic network resource server:
 
   Sorry, SHARE.EXE must be run before reading or saving files.
 
Because all OLE 2.0 applications require the ability to perform file-
locking, the local machine must already have SHARE.EXE or VSHARE.386
running. However, the LANTastic 5.0 network does not allow
a client system to lock files on a resource server using the client's
"local" file-locking ability. Therefore, MS-DOS SHARE must be loaded
and running on the LANTastic resource server as well, or the server
cannot perform the file-locking that OLE 2.0 applications require.
 
Installing SHARE on the resource server machine should eliminate
the error.
 
A typical SHARE line for the LANTastic resource server would be:
 
   C:\DOS\SHARE.EXE /L:500 /F:5100
 
If there are many users of the server resources, the parameters may
have to be increased.
 
LANTastic technical support recommends loading SHARE.EXE in the
AUTOEXEC.BAT file immediately following the loading of the network drivers.
For more information about configuring the LANTastic network, contact
Artisoft at (602) 670-7000.
 
Additional query words: 4.0 4.0a 4.0b 4.0c power point powerpt OLE2
OLE2.0
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Keywords          : kbnetwork kbusage
Version           : windows:4.0,4.0a,4.0c
Platform          : WINDOWS
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbprb
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