relative path on a server must be something like //path/filename hard drive / local must be where the file resides where is the file..? on a server...? if so put the server name and qualified path..
--- On Thu, 5/1/08, Anu Rang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From: Anu Rang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [delphi-en] Re: Deployment of a Access DB based application using > installshield express > To: [email protected] > Date: Thursday, May 1, 2008, 10:16 AM > If I put in a relative path in the ConnectionString the > application > fails to build. It comes up with Unable to locate database > file or > something to that effect. I think may be some kind of > registry key > with the path entered at the installation time may have to > be used. I > just dont know how to do this. Hope I find something on the > internet. > > Anu Rang, TotallyFreeEnergy > http://totallyfreeenergy.freehoxt.com > > > --- In [email protected], Zoran Milenkovic > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > If the data is located in the same directory as your > EXE file, then > you can remove the path from connection string leaving only > the > database name. In that case the application will look for > your > database in the current directory. > > > > If you need to have data in separate directory, it > should still be > easy to manipulate the connection string, provided that > these two > directories are related. > > > > For instance: > > > > const > > cs: String = > > 'Provider=Microsoft.Jet.OLEDB.4.0;'+ > > 'Jet OLEDB:Engine Type=5;'+ > > 'Data Source='; > > > > implementation > > > > ADOConnection1.ConnectionString := > cs+'..\Data\MyDataBase.mdb'; > > > > > > Anu Rang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > Having built my application using a local Access > database, I was > trying > > to deploy my application using Installshield express. > The thing > about > > deployment on target computer is that normally where > the > application is > > installed is decided by the user. Ofcourse it is > possible to > enforce a > > particular directory path for installation. Still it > is tricky to > get a > > relative path mapped in the ADOConnection object. I > just used use > > connection string and built it using the > ADOConnection wizard. If > > anyone has more info or knowledge I would really > appreciate it > since > > this path to the .mdb file really has to be relative > and not hard > coded. > > > > Anu Rang, TotallyFreeEnergy > > http://totallyfreeenergy.freehoxt.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------- > > Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with > Yahoo! Mobile. > Try it now. > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > > > ------------------------------------ > > ----------------------------------------------------- > Home page: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/delphi-en/ > To unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Groups Links > > > ____________________________________________________________________________________ Be a better friend, newshound, and know-it-all with Yahoo! Mobile. Try it now. http://mobile.yahoo.com/;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ
