Use XnView with several users on different computers

[Fraenzken]

Hi,

I've used XnView for my pictures for quite a time now and like the way it works (and its speed!) a lot. Now I wonder if it's possible to use XnView with pictures on network drives so that e.g. User A defines a category to collect some pictures and User B opens XnView on another computer and finds this new category with the pictures User A put in it?

Best wishes!
Frank

[xnview]

Hi,

I've used XnView for my pictures for quite a time now and like the way it works (and its speed!) a lot. Now I wonder if it's possible to use XnView with pictures on network drives so that e.g. User A defines a category to collect some pictures and User B opens XnView on another computer and finds this new category with the pictures User A put in it?

Yes it's possible if the network drive is the same for all users

[Fraenzken]

That's the case, Pierre.
So how do you do it? Is there a way of telling XnView which path to use for the database?

[xnview]

That's the case, Pierre.
So how do you do it? Is there a way of telling XnView which path to use for the database?

Yes, in system integration & thumbnail/Cache

[Guest]

Thanks Pierre, I'll try it!
Frank

[JohnFredC]

But won't there be locking issues for simultaneous users of the db?

I think SQLite requires database (not record, not table) locking for any writes...

[helmut]

... Yes, in system integration & thumbnail/Cache

This settings is for categories? I thought this setting was for the location of the thumbnail cache, only?

[Guest]

But won't there be locking issues for simultaneous users of the db?

I think SQLite requires database (not record, not table) locking for any writes...

I've tried - it seems to lock the database so if two users work with XnView the same time one of them doesn't have any access to the categories. Still it's better than nothing

Frank