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...re all XP still. The machine with the client UPS World Ship stopped working as it kept looking for the old server. I replaced every instance of the old server's name with the new server in the registry. That did not work. Checked all the INI files and there was no server path in any of them (superfinder XT). I called UPS' tech support and they refused to help until we upgraded. They said to use the web edition until then. I added "and FedEx too". That startled them. They deserved that. Then it occurred to me, now that the old server has been retired, I could take advantage of...

...hine > with the client UPS World Ship stopped working as it > kept looking for the old server. I replaced every instance > of the old server's name with the new server in the registry. > That did not work. Checked all the INI files and there was no > server path in any of them (superfinder XT). > > I called UPS' tech support and they refused to help until > we upgraded. They said to use the web edition until > then. I added "and FedEx too". That startled them. > They deserved that. > > Then it occurred to me, now that the old server has been...

...be to have an analog of 'find' that looks through temporary enclosures before peeking into the search path. [?Also some extension of 'find' that could take a package as a starting point, then look through namespace imports? Here I am well out of my depth] Then I could just use 'superfind' followed by 'assign'. Is this a meaningful idea? Could it be implemented simply? (Presumably yes, by just mirroring the way R searches for objects..?) It seems to me as though there might be a logical gap hereabouts with assignment. I've had a bit of a look in the new "A simp...