A few (more) questions

[chuck hinkle]

That's what I meant to ask in my first question. I was under the
impression that the Valentina database could be "embedded" as part of the
application. If the files are separate, then running the application
implies, to me, that I need to store the location of the database in a
preference so that the program can find it and open it, and if the file
gets moved, then there needs to be a routine to resolve it.

Ruslan seemed, to me, to be saying that "no," I can use the Creator
property of the database to embed the database. Or, maybe it links the
database and the app. I'm reading the description in the Reference guide,
and I see a path to the Location as a property, so I must've misunderstood
that. Reading about Creator, I interpret it that the database file will be
separate from the application, and opening the database file, through use
of the Creator property, can kick off the application. I don't understand
the specifics, but it seems that the database would already be open if I
start the application this way, so I wouldn't need the db.open command? I
wish there were an example that does this that I could look through to
understand it.

chuck



> Chuck,
>
>>I'm still at the point where I'm adding classes and fields, so I'm not
>>very far yet. I'm trying to convert from the RB built-in db to Valentina.
>>I do not yet have an intuitive understanding of how the database and the
>>compiled program can be shared in a single file -- how data segments can
>>be added to the file as the database grows without interfering with the
>>compiled code.
>
>
> I'm not sure if I've understood the above. The application and the
> database are 2 separate entities. they're not all bound into 1 as per
> Helix.
>
> BTW I find it much easier to build the db with Vapp.
>
> all the best
>
> Fred
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Chuck Hinkle [INTJ]

"Perception is usually more persuasive than reality"