Dan
You can also refer directly to the database in the properties for
the RBase executable. I don't know whether you are using RBase for
Windows (RBW65.exe) or RBase for DOS (RBase65.exe), but as Sami says
in the Help file under RBW65 and RBase65 there are references to the
options you can use.
In the properties for the Shortcut/Icon we often put in lines for
the Target like:
C:\RBTI\RBWin65\RBG65.EXE -oc:\rbw65\rbase.cfg jim.dat -r
C:\RBTI\RBWin65\databses\dalttrak.rb1
The -o specifies exactly what configuration file to use
The jim.dat is my own preferences which contains lines like:
SET RBGSIZE 25 25 850 700 .... and such
The -r tells it to drop the RBase splash screen on startup
The next part of the line tells it the exact location and
name of the database to use.
P.S. For the configuration files the directory is specified as
being on the users C:\ this way we can change it if needed.
We also use three different RBase.cfg files in 3 different
directories on the users machine:
One in a RBD60 directory -- for RBase DOS 6.0
One in a RBW61 directory -- for RBase Win 6.1a
One in a RBW65 directory -- for RBase Win 6.5++
The only real difference usually is the users name besides
the differences of the RBase.cfg between versions.
This does create some work, but we have found that if we set up
shortcuts like this then we can create a directory on the network
that we call RBUsers\Usersname and in the users directory we just
right click drag the Icon and copy it so when the user deletes it,
or their machine is redone we just copy the Icons back to their
desktop/menu system. We also copy the three directories that hold
the RBase/cfg files from the users C: so we can restore them just
as
easy..
Like I said, takes some up front work, but makes it easier in the
long
run.
Hope this helps
Jim Limburg
> Dan Goldberg wrote:
>
> I read that you can put the database files at separate locations. Does
> anyone have any ideas on how to do this??
>
> Thanks
>
> Dan Goldberg
>
