Window XP issues?

[Pat]

I'm perplexed. I wrote a simple program to put on a computer in our library for students to use. I had one version in FMP 7 and one in FMP 8 (each computer had the requisite version software on it). I field tested it one my Dell computer at home (fyi I'm a Mac person) with Windows XP and the programs worked fine. They do not work on the computers at school. The fields don't show, they can't enter data, etc. Does anyone have any ideas of what could be happening? I know our university has serious security on those computers, but I didn't think that would be an issue. Has anyone else experienced this? Thanks!

[Mike D.]

I have seen a similar situation. The problem was that the file or directory permissions were read only. As I recall, the permissions on the file itself were read/write but the directory was read only for a general user. You should have the network admin take a look.

[Pat]

Thanks for the suggestion! I ran that by my IT guy, and he reports the permissions are on. So, I'm backed to being stumped! :B

[Sergeant Ron]

What do you mean "the permissions are on"? Windows has a few different ways that it handles permissions. The network admin at the library should be able to help you. Also, how did you copy the data to the Library computer? If you saved it on a CD-R you will have to check to make sure that you uncheck it from being "read only" from the file properties. Just right click on the file and go to properties. By default when you burn it to a CD the properties become "Read Only" so you will have to reset them once youve copied it to your destination hard drive. Hope that helps. Ron