Thanks Sami, Javier and Victor I use to do something like that in 6.x when I had a Pulldown menu. Now my Main Menu is a form so updating that form would be a problem.
All I can think of is have a choose command to let the user go into the Maim Menu or do an update. Marc ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sami Aaron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "RBG7-L Mailing List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 12:07 PM Subject: [RBG7-L] - RE: updating users > Marc - > > I usually create a menu choice for the user to "Install Program Updates". > This menu choice always looks for a special file, Install.sms, to run. > > For your example, just unload the forms and reports to files (use the > right-click option in the Database Explorer, and it will add the line "DROP > REPORT whatever" to the top of the file so that the old report or form will > be deleted before the new one is loaded). > > Create your special install file as this simplified version shows: > > SET NULL -0- > SET MESSAGES ON > SET ERROR MESSAGES ON > CONNECT databasename --If not already connected via your menu > RUN form1.frm > RUN form2.frm > RUN report1.rpt > RUN report2.rpt > > DELETE form1.frm > DELETE form1.lob > DELETE form2.frm > DELETE form2.lob > DELETE report1.rpt > DELETE report1.lob > DELETE report2.rpt > DELETE report2.lob > RETURN > > Then zip up the forms and reports files along with the install file and have > the user unzip them to the database folder. They then run your program > normally, and select the "Install Program Updates" option. > > To get more complex, add an error check as the file is installed and delete > or replace the original Install.sms file after the user has successfully > installed it. > > Sami Aaron > Software Management Specialists > 913-915-1971 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Marc > Sent: Monday, October 31, 2005 11:26 AM > To: RBG7-L Mailing List > Subject: [RBG7-L] - updating users > > Hi > > I have several out of state users and was wondering > what is the best way to update their forms and reports. > > > Thanks > >
