Hi all, I am new to this and hope it is simple! The problem is this I want to make an address book type app. for me and a few mates. But if I base it on a DB i.e. Access or SLQ Server my mates would need a copy of the db, i.e. have access or SLQ Server running.
Is this correct or can I some how just give them the tales they need?? If this is correct is there some way of using flat files with VB.NET? is this a. as simple as using a db b. a good idea? Thanks loads!
OK, as my understanding you have addressbook data in a database. And some how you want to give access only to data to others. If that is the case, make a simple WS, which exposess data as they needed, probably return dataset, then they will consume that in
their applications and they will use it! Hope it helps!
That would be a good answer but ... I want it to be a pc based solution :(( not a web based one (sorry I know I didn't make that clear), mainly because they don't have access to the Internet (why not is a good question!) any other thought would be much appreciated.
1. So your applicaiton is not developed in ASP.NET? 2. Is your friends or other who wanted to access your DB, has internet access or atleast they are in your network? If your application is asp.net app, then if you develop a WS, then they can still access that,
if they are in your network. if they don't have access to internet/they are not in your netwrok, then it's very difficult to expose your data. The other way is generating your data as tables as XML file(Using DataSet.WriteXML) and ask then to take from FTP
site or some how you have to provide them, then by using of DataSet.ReadXML they can read that file and do the process as they needed!
Sorry I am crap at explaining things :(( All I really want is a desktop, standalone simple system (mainly cos our computers are desktop standalone) We would all have our own set of contacts, it would really function just like a personal db of names. but we
don't all have a licence for a db (or the same db). So I just want to give them a disk/CD with this prog on and they could install it and store the addresses, birthdays etc. It should be realy simple, I think my first explenation was just miss leading!! Thanks
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