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Tony Toews [MVP]
Folks
Currently in the Auto FE UPdater I use the following lines in the INI
file.
MainApp=%appdata%\My Application Name\My Access FE.mdb
This is the path on the client workstation and the MDB/MDE file to
start running once this utility is finished doing it's work. While
you can put an explicit directory such as "C:\My database" accessing
the C drive might be locked down by the administrator. Thus using the
Windows Application Directory is the best long term choice.
Server=Q:\My Access FE directory\
Directory on server where the files are copied from. There should be
no other files in this directory except those you want copied to the
PC. Such as your front end MDE/MDB and any MDE add-ins or DLLs. One
good example of such DLLs would be Stephan Lebans A2000ReportToPDF
You do not want to put any file name on this line.
Now I'm planning on makeing some signinficant changes as to how these
lines work and I'm thinking the simplest solution would be to rename
those lines to something more meaningful.
In hindsight I think that MainApp is a lousy name because it's really
the destination folder name.
Server is more clear but again not the best.
I'm going to make the FileNameToStart=Your FE.MDE a mandatory line
with my changes which will allow me some more flexibility.
From and To isn't quite clear enough. SourceFiles and TargetFolder
is getting closer. Maybe DestinationFolder.
More info on these lines at http://www.autofeupdater.com/inifile.htm
What say you all?
Tony
Currently in the Auto FE UPdater I use the following lines in the INI
file.
MainApp=%appdata%\My Application Name\My Access FE.mdb
This is the path on the client workstation and the MDB/MDE file to
start running once this utility is finished doing it's work. While
you can put an explicit directory such as "C:\My database" accessing
the C drive might be locked down by the administrator. Thus using the
Windows Application Directory is the best long term choice.
Server=Q:\My Access FE directory\
Directory on server where the files are copied from. There should be
no other files in this directory except those you want copied to the
PC. Such as your front end MDE/MDB and any MDE add-ins or DLLs. One
good example of such DLLs would be Stephan Lebans A2000ReportToPDF
You do not want to put any file name on this line.
Now I'm planning on makeing some signinficant changes as to how these
lines work and I'm thinking the simplest solution would be to rename
those lines to something more meaningful.
In hindsight I think that MainApp is a lousy name because it's really
the destination folder name.
Server is more clear but again not the best.
I'm going to make the FileNameToStart=Your FE.MDE a mandatory line
with my changes which will allow me some more flexibility.
From and To isn't quite clear enough. SourceFiles and TargetFolder
is getting closer. Maybe DestinationFolder.
More info on these lines at http://www.autofeupdater.com/inifile.htm
What say you all?
Tony