If I can find it, somewhere around here I have a rudimentary vcs that used the copy stack method. Seemed to work well (I could pop stacks into an array and save the array to a file then reconstitute a stacks structure from the array at a later date) unfortunately, catastrophic hardware failure assisted me in losing track of some things. Think I have a backup here somewhere maybe and can dig it up if it would be helpful, but from what richard says, i'd be a little leery of the concept.
On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 6:40 PM, Dr. Hawkins <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, Jun 13, 2014 at 3:42 PM, Mark Schonewille < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > If you want to add a new form to an existing application, you can save > the > > card with the form on your server and download and save it locally when > the > > app starts. No database involved. > > > > There is a local database for preferences, data, and so forth. Also, it is > intrinsically networked. The installation at my office, for example, has > the postgres server on my desk, which serves to itself, my paralegal, my > laptop over vpn, a remote assistant via vpn, etc. When this is complete, > it and every other central machine would also periodically update with the > upstream root machine for updates (whether forms, dictionary of creditor > additions, finding out if there's a new version, license keys, etc.). > > Anyway, for however many machines there are at a law office, they all need > to have access to the same cards, and tho.se cards are going to come from > an upstream postgreSQL server. Keeping them on the corporate db server > (where they may well cache down to the local machines) seems the natural > solution; otherwise I'm dealing with files syncing to the dbs. > > > > If your app needs to get new form data from the server, that's even > > easier. Just download the data and save them in the local database. > > > > It is important to treat interface and data separately. > > > > In this space, though, interface *is* data to some extent. There are > something like 216 judicial districts in the US, and some attorneys > regularly filing in up to a half dozen or so--and all issueing new forms at > unpredictable intervals > > > > > -- > Dr. Richard E. Hawkins, Esq. > (702) 508-8462 > _______________________________________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
