Subject Re: A Request to Ken Mayer From Ken Mayer <dbase@nospam.goldenstag.net> Date Sat, 13 Jan 2018 07:57:26 -0800 Newsgroups dbase.getting-started On 1/13/2018 7:09 AM, Ken Mayer wrote: >> >> 1.Where should the app be located server / client or both. > > The app should be on client machines, the data should be on the server. As a follow-up -- there are many ways to do some things. The reason the app should be on the client machines is speed. Loading the application off the server may take time. However, if you use DEO to deploy the objects for the app, it makes sense to put the DEO folder(s) on the server ... that way only one update needs to be made to individual objects if something gets modified. (Objects in this case: .pro, .wfo, .reo, etc.) > >> 2.Is ODBC driver and connection required on client computers. If yes >> then how to configure it. > > Yes. The only difference would be pointing to the server, rather than a > local computer. The chapter(s) on deployment, specifically the stuff dealing with Inno Setup, discusses a method of, on installation, creating an install that can deploy both to server *and* client machines ... 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 dBASE Tutorial: http://www.goldenstag.net/dbase/Tutorial/00_Preface.htm