Karen, you can add new forms without recompiling.
John From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of [email protected] Sent: Friday, October 23, 2009 1:10 PM To: RBASE-L Mailing List Subject: [RBASE-L] - Re: Issues associated with packaginganddistribution R:BASEap... I didn't think I HAD any questions to be answered. Someone said "do I need to recompile my app if I added a new form". My answer was "of course you would because adding a new form doesn't help you if you haven't added it to your app." Unless the original poster meant "adding a modification to a form" in which case, no you don't need to compile. So I was answering the literal question that was asked. And then I made a comment that being able to embed forms in the exe is a huge step in security. Otherwise someone could access all your forms and reports using an installed version. Karen Karen, I am not sure your question was answered. Currently in the 7.6 and V8 compiled version if you use an installed R:Base you can connect to the rbase files and modify forms, reports, rff's, etc. all you want with out having to recompile. It's what I do now. However in V9 you can include the rff's, forms, reports, etc into the compiler and remove them from the database. This is a huge change. If you need to change a form and have included the form in the compiled V9 THEN you will need to recompile. Now that is security. So now in a distributed application all you need to send is MyApplication.exe MyApplication.RX1 MyApplication.RX2 MyApplication.RX3 MyApplication.RX4 RBEngineV9.DLL I think you still need the send the config file and if you include your startup.dat in a run select that is all you need to send.Pretty cool. Jan
