>Hello all,
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>I'm developing VFP5 apps on a Novell Network and have set up a development/test environment on one volume (G:) and set up the live environment on another (I:). I do this because many of the apps will use the same databases and tables and I don't want to work with live data while developing.
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>My project, database, forms, menus, etc are located on G:. When I create the EXE on G:, no problem. When I create the EXE on I:, it doesn't know where to find the data. How do I make it use the data on I:?
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>Thanx
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>Colin Magee
You have to store database path in some place (I like config.dbf table placed in the same folder as exe file). Surely, your app may contain configuration form where user can change this value.
Edward Pikman
Independent Consultant