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Bill Kenyon

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Mar 22, 1999, 3:00:00 AM3/22/99
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I have a VDB 7 application deployed on an NT Server. I've never been
sure of what has to be put on each workstation to access this
application.

Can the application reside on the Workstation and always access the
files on the server? If so, does the application .ini file control the
pointers?

Is there an explaination available from one of the white papers?

Also, I would like to be able to use PCAnyWhere (or equivelent) access
to run the application remotely. Any suggestions?


Gary White [dBVIPS]

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Mar 23, 1999, 3:00:00 AM3/23/99
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On Mon, 22 Mar 1999 17:37:18 -0600, Bill Kenyon wrote:

> I have a VDB 7 application deployed on an NT Server. I've never been
> sure of what has to be put on each workstation to access this
> application.
>
> Can the application reside on the Workstation and always access the
> files on the server? If so, does the application .ini file control the
> pointers?

The typical way to do this is to put the program on each workstation
and use a BDE alias to point to the data files on the server.

Gary White [dBVIPS]
Some dBase stuff at:
http://www.apptools.com/dbase

Bill Kenyon

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Mar 23, 1999, 3:00:00 AM3/23/99
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Can you please be a little mor specific with your answer?

Romain Strieff [dBVIPS/TeamB]

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Mar 23, 1999, 3:00:00 AM3/23/99
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In article <36F7BD90...@mail.supranet.net>, Bill Kenyon politely
paraphrased ...

>
> Can you please be a little mor specific with your answer?
>
> "Gary White [dBVIPS]" wrote:
>
> > On Mon, 22 Mar 1999 17:37:18 -0600, Bill Kenyon wrote:
> >
> > > I have a VDB 7 application deployed on an NT Server. I've never been
> > > sure of what has to be put on each workstation to access this
> > > application.
> > >
> > > Can the application reside on the Workstation and always access the
> > > files on the server? If so, does the application .ini file control the
> > > pointers?
> >
> > The typical way to do this is to put the program on each workstation
> > and use a BDE alias to point to the data files on the server.
>
Check the database() object in the Online help. With the BDEAMIN.EXE you
create a database alias for example MYDATA which points to a specific
directory. In your program you use this database alias with the database
object. The network supervisor can then change the directory/server
without that any code in your application needs to be changed. The dUFLP
library also contains code to check,create and delete such database
aliases programmatically.

Ask if you need an example.


PS We are all moving to the new server at news.dbase2000.com, these
newsgroups will be closed in a couple of days.

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Romain Strieff [dBVIPS]

Mike Gautier

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Mar 27, 1999, 3:00:00 AM3/27/99
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I've done as suggested and put the apps on the server. putting the apps on
the server makes deployment simpler and somewhat riskier. But if you're
hitting remote tables, put the apps on the workstation

Bill Kenyon wrote:

> I have a VDB 7 application deployed on an NT Server. I've never been
> sure of what has to be put on each workstation to access this
> application.
>
> Can the application reside on the Workstation and always access the
> files on the server? If so, does the application .ini file control the
> pointers?
>

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