>>What are the rules about path statements when you working on software that will distributed?
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>>should you set the path for c:\subdir\exe before running setup wizard ?
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>>I didn't change my path statements and it seems that some screens run fine, while other have
>> trouble finding objects.
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>>Any thoughts????
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>>Thanks
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>There are two rules:
>1. Develop on normalized tree, i.e. all components included in exe located on relative path to project file.
>2. Control excluded files (usually data) paths programmatically inside app (usually in DE).
Also, don't hard code drive letters in your path but use a relative path. i.e. \myapp\data\ instead of c:\myapp\data\.
Colin Magee
Team Leader, Systems Development
Metroland Media Group Ltd.
Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
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