Karen, I am not sure your question was answered.
Currently in the 7.6 and V8 compiled version if you use an installed R:Base you can connect to the rbase files and modify forms, reports, rff's, etc. all you want with out having to recompile. It's what I do now. However in V9 you can include the rff's, forms, reports, etc into the compiler and remove them from the database. This is a huge change. If you need to change a form and have included the form in the compiled V9 THEN you will need to recompile. Now that is security. So now in a distributed application all you need to send is MyApplication.exe MyApplication.RX1 MyApplication.RX2 MyApplication.RX3 MyApplication.RX4 RBEngineV9.DLL I think you still need the send the config file and if you include your startup.dat in a run select that is all you need to send.Pretty cool. Jan -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] (RBASE-L Mailing List) Date: Fri, 23 Oct 2009 10:55:29 EDT Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Issues associated with packaging anddistribution R:BASEap... I understand... But adding a new form to the databsae doesn't help you any unless you have modified your compiled app so that the new form is being used somewhere. That's what I meant ... So I wasn't understanding the statement (can't remember who said it) that you shouldn't have to recompile an app when you've added a new form. Maybe the person meant "modified form", in which case you obviously do not have to modify your app. Karen Karen Currently I have a menu option in the Compiled RBA that runs a Choose command Update Forms, Update Reports ..... It sets the owner password, StaticDB Off then runs the file. Marc
