I have three questions. Please answer if you can. Thanks in advance!

I notice that in our Baan, when it makes temporary files, it likes to put them in this directory: c:\temp

For example: When I want to export to certain formats, Baan will export the document to c:\temp\tmpfilename.extension, and then open the file.

(1) Is this normal? (2) Is this something I can modify?

I'd like to specify this directory to be pointing to the Windows environment variable for temp. (3) How can I force Baan to do this?

All clients are running Windows OS, so the environment variable looks similar to this:

TEMP=C:\DOCUME~1\USERNAME\LOCALS~1\Temp
TMP=C:\DOCUME~1\USERNAME\LOCALS~1\Temp

The problem with Baan using the C:\temp is manifested in having to create this directory, and assign it the appropriate permissions.

If I can change it to reference the user profile, then I can be carefree, and not have to change anything else.

If it MUST use this location, then I will know that I need to automate the following batch file as a tack-on to all installations:

> creating the directory, via "md"
> assigning the permissions, via "cacls"
> cleaning out the directory periodically, via "schtasks"

Obviously, I like things as effortless as possible. (What's the point of a computer, if I'm doing all the work?)

I have some multi-user systems, so troubleshooting would be slightly easier, if I ever have to look at any issues with these files, if I know that userA and userB can't ever mix up their temp files. I have not had this issue yet, but I can never predict what a user will do.

Thanks for your assistance!

Normally the BSE_TMP variable points to the folder %BSE%\tmp and their Baan will store it temp files.

Don't forget to write a simple batch script that will remove your temp files since Baan doesn't remove the automaticly.

as Han mention BSE_TMP is the variable which controls that and depending of the version there are different ways to set a deferent TMP directory for different users, in baan5 or higger you can do it from the client in BW configuration jus with -set BSE_TMP=temporary_dir" and the same in Baan4 but redirecting to the user first to a shell to load the variables.

Regards

Han/Cesar:

Thank you for telling me that this is coming from the variable:

BSE_TMP.

Of course, I have a follow-up question:

(1) Where do I find the variable: BSE_TMP?

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(2) Or, maybe more importantly, how can I check whether BSE_TEMP is being used for a command or not?

For example: what if the Baan variable indeed points to the correct default location. This wouldn't matter, though, if a command is hard-coded to place the file in "C:\TEMP" instead of "BSE_TMP". Even if I modify BSE_TMP, I won't get the correct result, unless I know what command/script was being called in the first place.

More specifically, I am needing to know if there is a way I can check to see what script is being run when a button is clicked on. This way, I can see exactly what command is being sent. Then, I can parse that command, to figure out what happened.

I am sure that I saw the Developer doing this one day, but I'm a neophyte, and don't know where to find this setting.

Thanks for your help!

It's normally an environment variable in Unix.
On windows it can be set as a system variable or via the baan/infor manager.

Just check on oslevel if the variable is set.

You are right: a programmer can decide not to use it although it will not be a good example of how to program.

Regards,