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

Leigh Wanstead leigh.wanstead at gmail.com
Thu Jul 9 09:56:28 NZST 2015


Hi Jeremy,

In the end, it is your baby :-)

Regards
Leigh

On 9 July 2015 at 09:22, Jeremy Coulter <jscoulter at gmail.com> wrote:

> a mere 20 years Leigh....so your still a newbie then :-)  You are correct,
> but in this case whilst its not the best solution, it will suffice for now
> and will only require a function to find the correct folder location and
> then do a copy and replace as apposed to a rather larger potentially
> code-breaking changes. But I will definitely be changing the way it
> works.Its a matter of time- as always
>
> Jeremy
>
> On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 9:13 AM, Leigh Wanstead <leigh.wanstead at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi Jeremy,
>>
>> You might be spend time to wondering what is going wrong if you deploy
>> the easiest solution to your customer.
>>
>> From my 20 years experience, the "easiest" solution might require lots of
>> more time and energy than better way.
>>
>> Just my 2 cents
>>
>> Regards
>> Leigh
>>
>> On 9 July 2015 at 09:09, Jeremy Coulter <jscoulter at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>>> I too think it might be the "better" way too Leigh, but the above ideas
>>> are the easiest to implement "now" and I can spend the time later to add it
>>> to the database.
>>>
>>> Jeremy
>>>
>>> On Thu, Jul 9, 2015 at 8:59 AM, 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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