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I'm working on B&S 2.1.3 and have found the following confusing requirement under "Server > Network Approaches"
In either case, 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, in which case, the networking must be bypassed entirely.
What do they mean by "must also accept an indication that a local database is to be used"
Do they mean that I should add something like a title-bar text saying "Non-network Mode" when i'm using local db file and "Networking" when client application is connected to server?
Kah Tang
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As far as I know, the only indication that needs to be handled is the extra parameter you give to the application to indicate standalone, client or server mode.
Alex Belisle Turcot
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Hi,
what this means to me is "somehow you need to ask the user to specify the local database to be used".
This can be done for instance by displaying a window with a field "Local database path" and a browse button beside it.
=> This tells the user that he must specify the local database to use.
I personally also included the current mode in the application title: B&S - Network ($IP:$port) B&S - Server ($path, $port) B&S - Local ($path)
[ September 07, 2008: Message edited by: Alex Belisle Turcot ]
Jethro Borsje
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Originally posted by Alex Belisle Turcot: what this means to me is "somehow you need to ask the user to specify the local database to be used".
I agree, if have assumed the same thing.
Originally posted by Alex Belisle Turcot: I personally also included the current mode in the application title: B&S - Network ($IP:$port) B&S - Server ($path, $port) B&S - Local ($path)
So you have a GUI app for your server also?
SCJP, SCJD
Alex Belisle Turcot
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Originally posted by Jethro Borsje: So you have a GUI app for your server also?
Yes. My server allows: - Browsing to select the database; - Editing the port to be used; - Stopping/Starting the server.
Regards, Alex [ September 09, 2008: Message edited by: Alex Belisle Turcot ]
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Kah, Alex, Jethro Thanks for the answers! [ September 11, 2008: Message edited by: Roman Yankin ]
I agree. Here's the link: http://ej-technologies/jprofiler - if it wasn't for jprofiler, we would need to
run our stuff on 16 servers instead of 3.
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