Ok, thanks for the clarification and tips. I actually saw the ".../Active4D/conf" listed in the documentation, but assumed that the "conf" part wasn't intended to represent a folder, but that it stood for any config file, since the Active4D folder is normally where they reside. :-/
I'll definitely refresh my memory on git hooks! Doug On Fri, Sep 8, 2017 at 12:32 PM, Aparajita Fishman <aparaj...@aparajita.com> wrote: > Hi Doug, > > When serving from client/remote, you don't use an Active4D folder. All > configuration files (.ini) and libraries (.a4l) — including the standard > Active4D stuff — have to be separated into 'conf' and 'lib' directories. > See page 41 of the docs for the possible locations of the 'conf' directory, > and page 117 for possible locations of the 'lib' directory. > > I can't quite remember the reasoning behind this, but that's the way it is > for now. I'll look into supporting a single Active4D folder on client. > > As for integrating with git on the client, since the directory structure > is different than on server/standalone, I suggest writing a simple shell > script that checks out the code into some convenient place, then symlink > the individual config and lib files into the conf and lib directories. > > By the way, you may want to use 'git pull --rebase' when distributing code > to a non-development machine. > > > On Sep 7, 2017, at 11:35 AM, Doug Hall <doughall...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > Oops. I forgot to mention that when I try to access my default url, I get > > an active4D 404 error. (The requested URL / was not found on this server) > > > > Doug > > > > On Thu, Sep 7, 2017 at 1:32 PM, Doug Hall <doughall...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> I have my "AIDTdb" (<4d structure> folder) in a git repository, so that > I > >> can easily track my Active4D changes on multiple machines (locally, on a > >> test server, and production). Of course, I've configured the .gitignore > >> file to disregard all the 4D files, among others. The Active4D folders > >> inside this folder are configured pretty much the way they're described > in > >> the documentation, and shown in the Demo app. For consistency's sake, > I'd > >> like to keep my git archive at /Users/<user>/Documents/AIDTdb on all > >> machines. Since Active4D can make use of symlinks/aliases on MacOS, I > >> thought this wouldn't be a big deal. > >> > >> Configuring things to work with 4D Standalone, and 4D Server is > >> straightforward. However, it's proving quite difficult to configure it > with > >> 4D Client (Remote). According to the manual, the <default> folder for a > 4D > >> Remote client can be located at <user_home>/Library/Application > >> Support/4D/com.aparajita/Active4D. On my personal machine and the > server > >> machine, my <default> folder and my <4d structure> folder are one and > the > >> same (AIDTdb). However, this cannot happen on 4D Remote because the > >> <default> folder wants to be the same folder where my config folders are > >> (Active4D). > >> > >> I tried to create a symlink file called "com.aparajita", to my AIDTdb > >> folder, and placed it inside my ~/Library/Application Support/4D folder. > >> This way, my "Active4D" folder inside of AIDTdb would be at the proper > >> relative location for Active4D to find the configuration files. > >> > >> This is confusing as hell. Would somebody please tell me EXACTLY how to > do > >> this! Remember, I want to be able to use git to pull in relevant > changes, > >> to the 4D Remote machine, where I'm running my web server. The Active4D > >> Documentation seems thorough, but it's also confusing. I can't get it to > >> work. Aparajita, if you're reading this, please figure out how to make > this > >> much simpler for future developers. > >> > >> Also, it looks like I will need to remove the Active4D.ini and perhaps > >> Virtualhosts.ini from my git repository, if the 4D Remote machine cannot > >> leverage the same <default> shortcut that's being used in 4D Standalone > and > >> 4D Server environments. Please, tell me if I'm wrong. > >> > >> > >> Separate Issue: > >> > >> Where are Active4D log files put on 4D Remote? It may not be logging at > >> all, if it doesn't like the <default> value, but I can't tell. I CAN see > >> Active4D trying to find my key file on my 4D Server machine. I assume > it's > >> running simply because the plugin is there. My code runs A4D_Startup in > On > >> Server Startup, but I've modified it to look for my "weba4d" (root) > folder > >> before actually tries to initialize Active4D. This folder is only found > in > >> places I want to run Active4D. (It's not on my production 4D Server, > but it > >> IS on my development server, because I only want to use one machine for > >> testing.) > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Doug > >> > > _______________________________________________ > > Active4D-dev mailing list > > Active4D-dev@aparajitaworld.com > > http://list.aparajitaworld.com/listinfo/active4d-dev > > Archives: http://active4d-nabble.aparajitaworld.com/ > > _______________________________________________ > Active4D-dev mailing list > Active4D-dev@aparajitaworld.com > http://list.aparajitaworld.com/listinfo/active4d-dev > Archives: http://active4d-nabble.aparajitaworld.com/ _______________________________________________ Active4D-dev mailing list Active4D-dev@aparajitaworld.com http://list.aparajitaworld.com/listinfo/active4d-dev Archives: http://active4d-nabble.aparajitaworld.com/
