Btrieve file directory is invalid(Btrieve Error 35)
I installed the latest version of a software called Global Shop on a brand new Windows 2008 server. Moved all the dbf's to the proper directory. Made the ODBC connection using 32 and 64 bit odbc drivers. When I try to run the application I get the btrieve error 35 invalid directory error. The file structure is identical to the server that is currently running the older version. the database install Pervasive 11 sp2. Any help appreciated.
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If the path contains any embedded spaces, then make sure that the "Embedded Spaces" option in the PCC is CHECKED. If it does not, then try UNCHECKING the embedded Spaces setting. (Reboot after each change.) Akin to this, if your new server sharename has a space in the path, try changing it to one without a space, too.
If you cannot tell the exact file name, then make sure nobody is using the server and try enabling MKDE Tracing on the server when you open the file. This MAY tell you the file name, but ONLY if the "right" server is being selected by the client on the workstation. If it is not detecting the right server, you'll get nothing in the log except the header, which means that the client doesn't have the right drive map, or that the application is using the wrong server name, or that DNS is resolving the server name to the wrong address.
If in doubt, try to open the file from the Pervasive Function Executor. This should work. If it does, then the problem is within GlobalShop. If it also fails, then you've got something else going on...
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