[DUG] Question about running an app. across a network

[Leigh Wanstead]

Hi Jeremy,

I think that your idea about dropping the INI and transferring the settings
to a database with a row for each machine that connects is the correct way
to do that.

Regards
Leigh


On 8 July 2015 at 21:58, Jeremy Coulter <jscoulter at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi All.
> I have an app that I will be running from a server location. However, I
> want the app. to read an ini file that is located in a folder on a client
> machine.
> A Shortcut to the app on the server and the ini file will live in a folder
> on the client machine, but I cant work out how to get the app, when its run
> via the shortcut, to read the ini file on the client machine.
> Anyone know how to go about doing this?
> I have thought about dropping the INI and transferring the settings to a
> database with a row for each machine that connects, but before I get that
> carried away, I just wanted to see if someone had any ideas to do the above
> with the ini file.
> The reason I want an ini for each computer is about settings. Not all
> machines have the same settings etc.
>
> Thanks, Jeremy
>
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