Where is my JDE.INI file?

[tgore]

I know where to find the JDE.INI file on a FAT client (on my "C:\" drive), but I have not been able to determine what tells it where to create it for thin (CITRIX) clients. We have switched to AD (active directory) and are experiencing some performance issues for users that are not "local". This is because the CITRIX servers are "local" (Chicago) but some of our user's AD are at their location (Houston). Their profiles are travelling over the WAN and causing significant slow downs.

I know that the "OutputDirectory=" controls where the PDFs are stored when you view a report. Does this also control where the JDE.INI file is placed? I have noticed a few other "strange" things. On my deployment server the JDELOG and JDEDEBUG parameters are "C:\", on my CITRIX servers they are "C:\WINNT". If I delete my thin client's JDE.INI a new one is created from the CITRIX server, but it places the JDELOG & JDEDEBUG files at "U:\WINDOWS". The "U:\WINDOWS" directory is my AD and also where I can find my JDE.INI file.

Thanks in advance for any assistance

 

[rsdrahul]

Q. what tells it where to create it for thin (CITRIX) clients

Ans: As per my understanding of OW, JDE.INI file will always be created in c:\WinNT folder whenever a client is installed on the Citrix Server (In install Mode).This file is used as a template for copying into the individual WINDOWS folder for every user
e.g. C:\Documents and Settings\rsdrahul\WINDOWS\JDE.INI

Q.Why does the location for JDE.LOG and JDEDEBUG.LOG change, if this file is used as a template.

Ans>JDE.LOG and JDEDEBUG.LOG files need to default to the same location where the JDE.INI file is created.Hence the JDE.INI file when copied from the C:\WinNT folder will be automatically modified to make the effective changes.

 

[pianosynth]

This was already setup in my environment when I started working in JDE, so I'm not sure how to do it, but it is definitely possible to redirect the INI file to a location other than the Docs and Settings directory on the C drive of the server. We have ours going to each user's personal network drive.

 

[dwall1160]

If the user is signing on to Citrix as an anonoymous user the Jde.ini and other files will be located in the Citrix Server C:\WINNT.

If the user is signing on as a known user it will be in the user's MY DOCUMENTS folder Windows.

Example: My JDE.INI folder is \\server1\home\DWALL1160\Windows. This is folder is on our main server not the OneWorld Citrix server.

 

[Barry_O]

We had the same problem. The users profile "windows" directory was accross a LAN, and there seems to be an awful lot of reading and writing of JDE.INI file (over the LAN) making things very slooow.

When we Run OneWorld I run a bat file. In this bat file I set 2 Env variables so that it reads JDE.INI file from users profile Directory on the Citrix Server. Check what the values for these 2 are first, and you'll see that they are probably on a remote server.

set HOMEDRIVE=C:
set HOMEPATH=\Documents and Settings\%USERNAME%
start "Running OneWorld" d:\b7\system\bin32\activconsole.exe

hope this helps

Barry