Search Mode with Windows 95 on NetWare Networks

Many applications, when started, also open a number of other files (such as overlay files and data files) that are used as application resources. To find these files, older NetWare-aware applications, such as the FILER version 3.x NetWare utility, look for files in NetWare search drives in these ways:

Using the PATH environment to search for executable files
Using a NetWare search path to find supporting files, such as required data files

Under Windows 95, the search mode defines how files are found, depending on the network client you use, as described in the following table.

Client	Search mode
Client for NetWare Networks	Search from a drive mapped to the server where the utility is stored
Novell-supplied NETX	Search from any local drive or any network drive
Novell-supplied VLM	Search from any network drive. Cannot search from a local drive

If you see an error message that a supporting file could not be found, the search mode is not set properly, or you are not opening the application from the correct place. For example, in FILER, the message might be: "System message library file SYS$MSG.DAT could not be opened." In such a case, you will have to set the search mode.

Note Most newer NetWare-aware applications and utilities, such as SYSCON, do not use search mode to find auxiliary files.

To set the search mode in Windows 95

From the File menu in System Policy Editor, click Open Registry. Then click the icon for Local Computer.
For more information about using System Policy Editor in Registry mode, see Chapter 15, "User Profiles and System Policies."
Click Network, click Microsoft Client for NetWare Networks, and then click Search Mode.
Specify a setting based on the table following this procedure. Then shut down and restart the computer.

You can also use system policies to define the search mode for multiple computers.

Search Mode has five settings: Modes 1 (also shown as 0), 2, 3, 5, and 7. (Modes 4 and 6 are not used currently.) Check your application documentation to determine whether the application only reads its supporting files, or reads and writes to them. The search mode applies to all applications that use it, so select the mode that works for most programs.

Search mode	Meaning
0 or 1	Uses the default search mode. Client for NetWare Networks will look in the search drives only when no path is specified in the application and after the default directory has been searched.
2	Causes Client for NetWare Networks not to look in any search drives to find supporting files. The application will behave as if you were running it without networking. If the application has a defined directory path for searching and opening files, the application searches for the files in that path. NetWare calls this mode "Do not search."
3	The same as Mode 1, except that if the application has no defined directory path to search and open files, Client for NetWare Networks looks in the search drives only if the open request is a read-only request. NetWare calls this mode "Search on Read-Only opens with no path."
5	Causes Client for NetWare Networks to always look in the search drives, even if the application specifies a path. NetWare calls to this mode "Search on all opens."
7	The same as Mode 5, except that Client for NetWare Networks looks in the search drives only if the open request is a read-only request. NetWare calls this mode "Search on all Read-Only opens."