B&S connection to the server

Hi all!

I'm thinking, in the client mode, let the user fill just the IP address of the server (and port), instead of IP or host name...
But searching the forum, I saw that most people use both options...
Do you guys think I would loose points for this?

Thanks!!

Howdy, Lucas!

Well champ, that's what I did. In my config dialog, the user enters the IP address and port number in which the server is running in the given IP address.

I'm not sure, but I think that there should be a mapping host name X IP address somewhere in your OS (i.e. hosts.sam) so the application is able to resolve correctly the host name, right? I never tried that, so I don't know if even that would work...

Roberto Perillo wrote:Howdy, Lucas!
Well champ, that's what I did. In my config dialog, the user enters the IP address and port number in which the server is running in the given IP address.
I'm not sure, but I think that there should be a mapping host name X IP address somewhere in your OS (i.e. hosts.sam) so the application is able to resolve correctly the host name, right? I never tried that, so I don't know if even that would work...

Yes but I just want to keep the GUI simple and let the user just enter numbers, in a field that will have a mask for IP address (___.___.___.___)

Thanks for the answer!!

Lucas cotta wrote:Yes but I just want to keep the GUI simple and let the user just enter numbers, in a field that will have a mask for IP address (___.___.___.___)

Alright champ, that's an approach. What I did is, I created a subclass of PlainDocument, where the user can only insert numbers or a dot. To validate the IP address, I created a custom validator (I had an interface called Validator with a few custom validators).

Lucas cotta wrote:in a field that will have a mask for IP address (___.___.___.___)

And what about 192.1.1.252, also a valid IP but it won't fit your input mask

Roel De Nijs wrote:
And what about 192.1.1.252, also a valid IP but it won't fit your input mask

I was thinking a field similar to the Windows TCP/IPV4 properties window... do you think is a bad idea?

And another question... an interpretation one..
the instructions say that "The new application, using the existing data file format, must allow the CSRs to generate a list of constractors that match a customer's criteria."
But in the database there are SUBcontractors...

so, what my application will search in the database, contractors or subcontractors?

Thanks!!

Lucas cotta wrote:I was thinking a field similar to the Windows TCP/IPV4 properties window... do you think is a bad idea?

No, that's just fine

Lucas cotta wrote:so, what my application will search in the database, contractors or subcontractors?

I guess you are asking this question because in your instructions both "contractors" and "subcontractors" are used in the text to explain the specification (and/or data file content). I would stick to "contractors"