Subject Re: deploying an application From Charlie <trainman@traincity.com> Date Fri, 24 Mar 2017 19:57:48 -0400 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started Hi Ken.. OK thanks.  I actually have the section printed out.  Hopefully this will go smoothly!! Ken Mayer Wrote: > On 3/24/2017 3:33 PM, Charlie wrote: > > Hi.. I have one dufl file that I will be using in an application that > > I am going to attempt to deploy.  It has 5 dependencies.  Possibly I > > am ahead of myself in asking this but would I want to completely > > divorce my application from dbase and dufl.  Would it be improper to > > simply add DateCalendar.cc and it's dependencies to the application > > rather than calling it from dufl.  I won't want a dufl directory on > > the computers that will be using this application in the future. > > > > Thanks for your help..... > > > > > No, you would not want to divorce the application from the dUFLP > (there's a "P" there ... stands for "Project"). > > When you deploy the files, you can deploy them to a custom folder, or > just have them built into the executable, depending on your needs for > your application. (I often just build everything into the .exe, but I am > not sending out updates for individual files often.) > > You could set up a dUFLP folder when you deploy the application and just > deploy the files from the dUFLP that you need to use. You don't need to > deploy the whole dUFLP folder. > > Suggest looking at the chapter in The dBASE Book (and The dBASE Book > Plus) on deployment, it discusses a lot of this kind of thing. > > Ken > > -- > *Ken Mayer* > Ken's dBASE Page: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase > The dUFLP: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/index.htm#duflp > dBASE Books: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/Books/dBASEBooks.htm