Installing on the local machine will not work for my clients. I have tried it. It is a mess. If you have 8 workstations, you would have to update all 8 at the same time. You would have to deal with that stupid MS requirement to 'register' ocx and dll files, even if they are in the same folder with the exe. Then on XP, Vista, etc you must have admin privileges, etc. This is too much for end users who are not at all computer literate. Installing on the network server works just fine and is not so difficult to support.
----- Original Message ----- From: MB Software Solutions General Account To: ProFox Email List Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 12:39 PM Subject: RE: VFP 9 runtime on Vista, the Q&D way On Fri, January 30, 2009 2:35 pm, Rick Borup wrote: > [Paul wrote:] > >> Oh but why install the app on the network drive? IMO apps >> should be installed on the local computer. I realize this is an old, old >> argument around here, too. > > It isn't always the developer's choice. In my experience, some clients > will insist on the app being installed on the network file server, while > others will insist on it being installed on each local workstation. So, > it's good to have a strategy for each type of deployment. Agreed that it's not always the developer's choice, but what's a good reason for the client to absolutely insist that the program be installed on the LAN instead of the local machine? It wouldn't take long to convince them of the benefits of running it from the client. --- StripMime Report -- processed MIME parts --- multipart/alternative text/plain (text body -- kept) text/html --- _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/009a01c9831d$fc683db0$8600a...@w2k3s02 ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
