Jan,
So in your scenario below the exe is copied to each station from the server on log in, overwriting the copy from the previous login? The one problem is your statement, "if your application is very mature". I do not know if my form would fit that description. I guess I can only try and see what happens. James Belisle Making Information Systems People Friendly Since 1990 ________________________________ From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of jan johansen Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 8:31 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: COMPILING FOR THE FIRST TIME Jim, Yes. That is really the only hassle. If your application is very mature then it is an excellent option. One way to tackle the hassle is to have on network login to copy the master exe to each machine so you could recompile to a central location and then the fix is "uploaded" at the next network login. I've been mulling over the idea of a "check for update" feature in my app. Jan -----Original Message----- From: "Jim Belisle" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] (RBASE-L Mailing List) Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 08:02:00 -0500 Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: COMPILING FOR THE FIRST TIME This forum is a good learning tool because you do get differing opinions on how to accomplish the same goal. For someone like myself who has learned "on the job" it has been my education for the most part. When you say it is a hassle, are you meaning that you have to recompile each time you make any changes to forms or reports? Is that the hassle you are referring to? James Belisle Making Information Systems People Friendly Since 1990 -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of jan johansen Sent: Wednesday, July 11, 2012 7:54 AM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: COMPILING FOR THE FIRST TIME Karen, If you embed all your forms and reports and place all the exe's on the individual computers and the exe's all point to the db files on the server, then all the processing is local and the only transfer across the network is data. Downside is that any form updates are a bit of a hassle -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] (RBASE-L Mailing List) Date: Wed, 11 Jul 2012 08:36:29 -0400 (EDT) Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: COMPILING FOR THE FIRST TIME > I have never compiled an app, probably never will, so this isn't > critical... But if someone has the time and could explain it to me, > I would appreciate it! > > I guess I don't understand why you would "embed" forms and reports > in a compiled app. They are in the database, so why would there > be an option to embed them in the app (I'm assuming they become > part of the exe?). What do you gain by this? > > Karen > > In a message dated 7/11/2012 7:26:13 AM Central Daylight Time, > [email protected] writes: > > Jim, > > > > Actually, you don't have to add all forms and reports in the compiler > > project.
