Hi Michael,
MV> Trying to use the NT Network printing services from a winos2
MV> session, can not setup printer other then the local printer.
A small background on how WinOS/2 actually works may shed some light on this
for you. The WinOS/2 code supplied with Warp, operates as a 'local only'
system with NO networking knowledge or support (IE as Windows 3.11, not WFWG
3.11). That means that if a Windows session needs to access Network
resources, then OS/2 MUST see those resources first. Once OS/2 sees those
resrouces, it presents those resources as if they were LOCAL resources to the
WinOS/2 session. OS/2 handles WinOS/2 networking this way for 2 main reasons
1. OS/2 Networking is much more efficient and robust that Windows
style networking.
2. Adding seperate Networking suport to WinOS/2 would consume more
resources than really required.
In most cases this should not be a problem (uless you are using a Windows
device that does not have OS/2 Networking support), however one trap I have
seen many fall into (including myself) is that the OS/2 Network resource
connections MUST be established BEFORE the WinOS/2 session is started. If you
connect (IE if you start up a connection) to a resource AFTER the WinOS/2
session has been started, then that particular resource is still not
available in the WinOS/2 session unless the WinOS/2 session is ended and
restarted.
I have no problems using printers connected to remote Windows machines from
either an OS/2 session or WinOS/2 on my machine.
Note - If you are running Red pack Connect (IE OS/2 with YOUR Windows code),
then I am aware of problems that people have run into if they try and use
WFWG and establish Networking connections from WFWG directly. IMHO, the best
way to work this is to still allow OS/2 to establish all the Network
connections, and then access those resources as local ones in Windows
sessions.
I hope thsi helps.............pk.
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