[VSDK] Index path

[Ruslan Zasukhin]

on 12/3/03 9:22 AM, Eric Forget at forgete at cafederic.com wrote:

Hi Eric,

> Would you mind to add a member function to VDK_DataBase so we can set a
> different path for the index (.ind) file? It may looks like this:
> 
> FBL_EXP virtual void SetIndexPath(const char* inIndexFullPath);
> 
> The problem is this. I will ship my application with a built database w/o
> the index file, to save download. However, once installed, it is not
> guaranteed that the user of my application will have the write permission to
> the application package. So, I see 2 solutions:
> 
> 1) Write a tool that I call with the authentication service just to create
> the index. 
> 
> 2) I place the index somewhere I'm sure every user have the write permission
> (i.e. Inside the Home tree).
> 
> I prefer 2), since I think also it is better to not alter the application
> package once on a user machine. Also, the user may need to ask another user
> to come an authenticate him/herself just for that.
> 
> For you, it should not be too difficult, since it is only at the opening of
> the index file it makes a difference?

I will try.

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Ruslan Zasukhin      [ I feel the need...the need for speed ]
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