Oh yeah, I had a 17 workstations with a 7.5 app set up with individual
installs, I remember how much fun it was keeping current
Sorry Jan I don't follow your step 3
but my step 3 (and it might be the same thing you're doing I'm just explaining
it different) is after coping the EXE to the workstation I create a short cut
(in Win Explorer right click on the EXE file and select 'create shortcut') and
that creates a file called 'Shortcut to [exe file name]'. I change short cut
file name to 'Open [app name]' and move that to the 'All Users' desktop folder
that so no matter who is signed in to the workstation they have the desktop
ICON.
----- Original Message -----
From: Jan Johansen
To: RBASE-L Mailing List
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 9:50 AM
Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Themes?
Rachel,
Excellent point! I had abandoned this approach when I first started compiling
in 7.5 because the updates were coming fast and furious.
It seemed like by the time I got done updating the all the computers, a new
update was released and I had to do it again.
So you are saying (I think)
1. Make a directory on the local machine.
2. Place the EXE and any RBL's in that directory.
3. Set up a desktop ICON with the
Start in pointing to the RB files (7.6 and below) (RX v8 Turbo)
Target points to the compiler files.
Jan
----- Original Message -----
From: Rachael Malberg
To: RBASE-L Mailing List
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 6:25 AM
Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Themes?
Good point Jan but I'm going to disagree with your #3. That issue is
totally dependent on how you set up your complied app. I'm using a
combination of three themes, One to ID regular data entry forms (R:Base
Rocks!), one for look ups (One Cyan) and one for Alert forms (Orange Glass).
I too had noticed the slow down and then John and a few others on list
suggested I set it up to have the Complier files on the user workstations
pointing back to the four database files on the server. So tried it and wow!
the start up and theme response is just like a full install on each workstation
without a bit of network change.
Have a Fabulous Day!
Rachael M.
Freelance Developer
www.DragonflyDevelopmentMN.com
----- Original Message -----
From: jan johansen
To: RBASE-L Mailing List
Sent: Monday, March 17, 2008 8:05 AM
Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Themes?
Lin,
Not to discourage the use of Themes but there are some things you need to
consider when
using themes.
1. Is this a single user application?
If yes use themes to your hearts content.
2. If multi-user application are you using full R:Base installed on each
workstation?
If yes use themes to your hearts content.
3. If you are in a multi-user environment and using the R:Compiler then;
a. Make sure your network connections are fast. Although 100MBS
sounds fast
a theme like Sports Blue can take about 1.5 seconds to load. 1 GB
network is
much better.
I was recently frustrated by a V8 upgrade by apparent loss of user speed.
However I
tracked it down to my network speed. I have a network hub at 1GB but my
users had 100MB cards.
20 new cards from newegg.com for $12 each saved a lot of frustration.
Jan
-----Original Message-----
From: "Lin MacDonald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [email protected] (RBASE-L Mailing List)
Date: Sun, 16 Mar 2008 05:30:24 -0700
Subject: [RBASE-L] - Themes?
Is there any way to modify Themes at all? If I want to change the
colors of a theme, is that possible? What if I want to create my own theme and
use it throughout my Application. Is there any way to accomplish that?
Lin
