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

[Jolyon Smith]

What data is in the INI ?  How much data ?  What type of data ?  How is it
used ?  How would machines be identified in a database solution ?  By name
or network ID ?  If by name, what happens if a machine name is changed ?

"Database" or "file" are simply different technologies that could be used
in an implementation.  But technology alone rarely identifies the right (or
"best") way.  Anyone that says otherwise is selling something.  ;)

imho

On 9 July 2015 at 08:59, Leigh Wanstead <leigh.wanstead at gmail.com> wrote:

> 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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