>Hi,
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>This morning I had to hear yet another reason why everybody should migrate to dotNET.
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>Deployment.
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>Deployment? Yes! There is a new corporate decision in one of my clients that no software (i.e. applications) should be installed in a user's PC.
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>I argued that *all* my applications don't reside in user's PCs and that there is no install routines whatsoever in order for a user to use *any* of my applications (all .exe reside in specific server's directories, and .ini files and dbfs as well). All that should be done is to create a shortcut in user's PC desktop to start the program and, if that's the case, configure an ODBC connection if the app needs to access an SQL backend. Aha!!! so you *must* install something in a user's PC!

"No, you must not". You can also open the Windows Explorer and look for the file on the server; or use the "Run" command and type in the complete path.

The shortcut is only a convenience, comparable to the "Favorites" or "Bookmarks" in your browser. BTW, a "Favorite" in IE will also create a shortcut!

The ODBC, I suppose, you can't avoid; I have worked only with DBF so far.