Re: [GNC] Simultaneous Users? Cloud Access? Split FE & BE?

2020-10-26 Thread Fran_3 via gnucash-user
Thanks Will. That is more or less what i was talking about when I talked about "splitting" a Microsoft Access database so the data was on one computer (the server) and the user interface with the Microsoft Jet database engine, custom queries, data entry forms, reports, etc was on another.

Re: [GNC] Simultaneous Users? Cloud Access? Split FE & BE?

2020-10-25 Thread w...@theprescotts.com
Just to chime in on the terminology... In my current job I do back-end development for an NGO. We have another developer who works on the front end and a couple people working on a mobile app. The back end is an application that runs on an Amazon Web Service instance. The front end is a web

Re: [GNC] Simultaneous Users? Cloud Access? Split FE & BE?

2020-10-25 Thread Fran_3 via gnucash-user
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

Re: [GNC] Simultaneous Users? Cloud Access? Split FE & BE?

2020-10-25 Thread Jim DeLaHunt
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

[GNC] Simultaneous Users? Cloud Access? Split FE & BE?

2020-10-25 Thread Fran_3 via gnucash-user
- 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