Thanks Jim. Regarding Front End and Back End...
When I used to develop Microsoft Access databases I would split it such
that...- All the data was stored on a local peer-to-peer server. We called that
the "Back End"
- The "Front End" would have the user interface with the queries, data entry
forms, reports, etc. And, if I remember correctly, this could actually be
different for each user of the mdb database so some people had easy access to
certain things... like data entry only, etc.
In recent times I've been developing online databases with MySQL and PHP. In
this case the "front end" would be the queries, etc coded in PHP while
everything else would live in a MySQL database on the web server.
At least that is the language I've used to describe things to myself.
On Sunday, October 25, 2020, 4:37:26 PM EDT, Jim DeLaHunt
<list+gnuc...@jdlh.com> wrote:
On 2020-10-25 08:29, Fran_3 via gnucash-user wrote:
> - I have always considered GnuCash as a program that must be installed on the
> local machine.
> - With the myBiz.gnucash file also on the local machine.
> - This means that two users can not open GnuCash on their respective machines
> and access the myBiz.gnucash data file at the same time...
> 1 - Right so far?
> 2 - Am I also correct in assuming that the gnucash.exe is essentially the
> data base's front end while myBiz.gnucash is the back end containing all the
> data?
> 3 - If so is there anyway to keep the back end with the data (myBiz.gnuCash)
> in the cloud and point the frond end on your local machine (gnucash.exe) to
> the data stored in the cloud... like maybe stored on MyDrive at Google or
> where ever?
> Thanks for any help.
Fran:
There are Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs) about "Multiple Computers,
Users, ..."
<https://wiki.gnucash.org/wiki/FAQ#Multiple_Computers.2C_Users.2C_...>.
You will find some answers there, especially to your questions 1 and 3.
Also, Stan Brown's Oct 12 answer
<https://lists.gnucash.org/pipermail/gnucash-user/2020-October/093577.html>
to your question, "Re: [GNC] Will the file myStuff.gnucash work on Linux
& Windows machines?" is relevant.
Regarding the terms "front end" and "back end", in software engineering
they have specific meanings which don't line up with your question #2.
In general, all of your bookkeeping information (transactions, balances,
chart of accounts) is stored in your book file, myBiz.gnucash, and none
is stored in the GnuCash.exe program. Some of the data you rely on when
using GnuCash, such as your preferences, custom reports, etc., are in
preferences files which are neither in your book file nor in the
GnuCash.exe program. The "multiple computers" FAQ linked to above talks
about this a little.
Best regards,
—Jim DeLaHunt, Vancouver, Canada
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