posted 22 years ago
I have designed and coded my app to work as follows:
First a dialog box is displayed with two radio buttons, one for local database the other for network database. If the user selects local database, the app begins and uses the db.db file in a default location on the localhost. If the user selects network database, a second dialog box is displayed with a text field for the user to enter the remote server's hostname. Then the app begins and attempts to use the db.db file in the same default path on the remote server.
I have however, just realized that the requirements state the following: "the program must allow the user to specify the location of the database, and it must also accept an indication that a local database is to be used".
Here's my question: Must I provide a way for the user to specify the path of the db.db file? What is everyone's interpretation of "location of the database"? Might that just mean the machine where the database is located?
Thanks for the help,
Joe