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Database Configuration file not found (Local and hybrid installs)

This article explains what to do if you are not able to get onto the Access RDB Login window or you get the error message: Database Configuration file not found.

Written by Terence Cassidy
Updated over 2 months ago

In order to add the correct parameter to each shortcut:

  1. Right-click on the icon and select Properties.

  2. Check that there isn’t already a -c parameter included at the end of the Target text; if there is, remove it.

  3. Right-click on an RDB application icon (RDB Sync , RDB CV reader or RDB ProNet) that the user can access and Select Properties.

  4. From the working icons properties copy the parameter from -c until the end of the target.

  5. At the end of the target for the faulty icon Paste the parameter copied from the working icon and ensure that there is only one space before the -c.

  6. If none of the icons are allowing the user to access the database, the following example is for the server name "Server1".

  7. Add to the Target text: -c”\\Server1\RDB ProNet 6.7.0.0\DbConfig” - include the double quotes, and ensure that there is one space before the -c .

The icons should now work correctly and allow the user to login to the database.

📌 Note: There should be a valid dbconfig.dat file within the shared folder, in subfolder \DbConfig. If one is not present or it is not valid, a working version may need to be copied from an end user machine that already has RDB installed and working - it’s location is likely to be C:\Program Files (x86)\First Choice Software\RDB ProNet DbConfigEditor or very similar.

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