Dave Crozier wrote: > Stephen, > You can't blame VFP for that, but you CAN blame the people who wrote and > developed it. I guess the same people would make equally stupid design > decisions whatever they were programming in. > > The DBC itself doesn't require drive mappings and will operate on unc paths > with no problem. If you want to point the program to a different path or > location at runtime then the Data Environment allows you to change where the > tables are opened from before they are opened, simples. > > I only ever looked at SBT once when I was considering taking a dealership in > it and converting it into UK format and the design frightened me silly. It > was just plain bad, not lacking....just BAD. > > Don't shot the messenger or the product, shoot the developers.
Steve speaks like the PHBs out there...they DO blame the product instead of the devs. -- Mike Babcock, MCP MB Software Solutions, LLC President, Chief Software Architect http://mbsoftwaresolutions.com http://fabmate.com http://twitter.com/mbabcock16 _______________________________________________ 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/[email protected] ** 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.
