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15/07/2008 11:54:01
 
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Third party products
Environment versions
Visual FoxPro:
VFP 9 SP2
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
01331409
Message ID:
01331416
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Wayne, thank you for the info. What product are you using? What sort of backend infrastruture is required per, say, 50 users?


>We have several implementations... works very well.
>
>We use a launcher program and copy everything to a local area based on the user that is logged in. The launcher checks the master copy of the program that is stored in a directory and refreshes the local version whenever it is run. All users have an icon to the launcher on their desktop when they login.
>
>Essentially;
>
>C:\APPNAME\Master_Dir\app_launcher.exe
>C:\APPNAME\Master_Dir\app_exe.exe
>C:\APPNAME\Master_Dir\"other files and dirs"
>
>
>C:\APPNAME\Run_Dir\[user_name]
>Files and folders are copied from Master_Dir to Run_Dir\[user_name]
>
>Then the launcher.exe executes the local exe Run_Dir\[user_name]\app_exe.exe and quits.
>
>The launcher sets the temporary workspace and other settings in a config.fpw file as well and copies it local.
>
>We also have some that have a shared server - and the Master_Dir is on another server - nothing really changes other than the drive or UNC path to the master files.
>
>
>>Hi All,
>>
>>Can anyone share insights and ideas about running a VFP application on a single server and allowing multiple people to run it, each in their own space i.e. so it does not interfere with other running instances.
>>
>>Thanks
In the End, we will remember not the words of our enemies, but the silence of our friends - Martin Luther King, Jr.
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