Sharing A Profile On The Network

If you are creating a search profile for a network installation, either exit OL Connect Search or switch to a different search profile, then open the search profile you just created in a text editor such as TextPad and make the following modifications:

• Set the value of the ReadOnly entry to 1 (ReadOnly=1) to prevent refreshes and rebuilds of the database through this search profile.
• Adjust the DatabaseDirectory entry if necessary. It is recommended that you use the UNC name (\\servername\sharename\path\filename). This eliminates the problem of different users mapping the same drive to different drive letters. For example, use DatabaseDirectory=\\MyServer\MyDbase rather than DatabaseDirectory=G:\\MyDbase. Note that if you do use drive letters, a plus sign (+) in place of the drive letter indicates the database is on the same drive as the search profile that references it. For example: DatabaseDirectory=+:\\MyDbase.

  Once you complete the modifications, save the file and exit the text editor. You may also want to review Database Considerations in a Network Installation and verify the appropriate permissions are set to ensure the integrity of both the search profile and the database it references.