Richard Wesley wrote:

> On Mar 6, 2006, at 09:25, Woody wrote:
>
>
>>Whenever I write an app that uses the embedded server, under
>>program options
>>I supply the user with a checkbox. They select whether they are using
>>standalone (embedded) mode or network mode. I then display what is
>>needed
>>for either mode based on their choice. All information is stored in
>>the
>>program .dat file so the program can read it when starting and know
>>which
>>way to go. Maybe something like that could help you with your design.
>
>
> I was speaking rhetorically - sorry if that was not clear. We
> actually have dialogues like that for some of the databases we
> support (MS Analysis Services comes to mind).
>
> The point was more that there is a UI/user education hit for such
> decisions. In our case, we are not even sure if we want to support
> Firebird servers at all because of issues like UI costs, regression
> costs etc. It would be nice, but unless our users ask for it, there
> is not much of a case for cluttering up the UI, adding manual pages,
> adding test plans yada yada yada for something that no one has asked
> for.

However the OP wanted to specifically restrict the application to using
the embedded version, he didn't give a reason for doing so, however
there are at least half a dozen ways to avoid UI clutter.....

W