>>>I just installed an .exe on a server. Workstations are accessing their own .exe from individual folders on the server. The tables and DBC are located in another folder. These are accessible are used from each workstation. I zipped the tables and DBC on separate disks and loaded them separately. The .exe and conf files were included in the setup disk (which also loaded all of the Fox drivers needed for installation on each workstation.) The shortcut on the workstation computer is addressed to each respective folder. VFox5 doesn't exit on the server or the individual workstations. So far that part is working.
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>>>I would like to know if anyone knows how to get project changes and updates back to the server WITHOUT having to reload the tables and DBC. I want to be able to take a new .exe to the server with any table changes that I've made. The last time I did this the DBC didn't get updated and couldn't read my tables. Is there an easier way? I will have live data on-line shortly and can't afford to lose it. Any thoughts?
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>>>I'm developing the project on a computer NOT connected to the network.
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>>>Thanks
>>>Linda
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>>Hi Linda,
>>I am on the network so the updated .EXE is transfered as such. If I change a table's structure on my station,
>>I access the server and do likewise without affecting the data. Because you are not on the network, one way
>>is to create an .EXE which resides on the server to programmatically update your database and tables using
>>the contents of a table you supply via a diskette. Of course you should backup the tables before making
>>changes!
>>Regards,
>>Lawrence
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>Thanks for replying. I understand that I can physically change the server tables to replicate changes that I have made on a computer not on the server. I guess I'm struggling with developing additional forms, etc. using the field names, etc. from tables on my developing computer. Zapping them to an executible and re-installing the .exe overtop of the old .exe for the workstations. If I take the DBC files (no changes to the tables) and copy this to the server - will this work? Does this make sense? I do have access to one copy of VF5 on the server but its not practical to do the developing work there..
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>Thanks
>Linda

I have done exactly that - copy DBCs and tables to the server, where the directory structure on the server is the same as on my PC.
Lawrence