Hi Jeremy, In the end, it is your baby :-)
Regards Leigh On 9 July 2015 at 09:22, Jeremy Coulter <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected]> > 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 <[email protected]> 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 <[email protected] >>> > 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 <[email protected]> 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 >>>>> >>>>> _______________________________________________ >>>>> NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list >>>>> Post: [email protected] >>>>> Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi >>>>> Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] >>>>> with Subject: unsubscribe >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> _______________________________________________ >>>> NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list >>>> Post: [email protected] >>>> Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi >>>> Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] >>>> with Subject: unsubscribe >>>> >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list >>> Post: [email protected] >>> Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi >>> Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with >>> Subject: unsubscribe >>> >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list >> Post: [email protected] >> Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi >> Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with >> Subject: unsubscribe >> > > > _______________________________________________ > NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi mailing list > Post: [email protected] > Admin: http://delphi.org.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > Unsubscribe: send an email to [email protected] with > Subject: unsubscribe >
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