This trick should work on network drives too (I'm only using it on local
drives):
One can rename an .exe file that is running. Simply rename myclientapp.exeto
myclientapp_old.exe, then add the new exe.

On 16 Apr 2007 08:42:36 -0700, mlq97 <mlq@...> wrote:
>
> Brilliant. Thanks Stefan.
>
> "The only problem is when you want to exchange the Exe file with a
> newer version: All users have to quit, which can become difficult on
> large installations."
>
> Surely one could just shut down the server?
>
>
> --- In firebird-support@yahoogroups.com<firebird-support%40yahoogroups.com>,
> Stefan Heymann <lists@...> wrote:
> >
> > Mitch,
> >
> > we're doing this on all our customers' sites and it works great. All
> > they have to do is set a link from the desktop or Start menu to our
> > application's exe file. No client-side alias confugurations, no client
> > driver installation, no nothing. That's why I *love* Firebird :-)
> >
> > (Some of the administrators wonder how it's all possible - compared to
> > what they're used to from Microsoft and Oracle, it's nearly too good
> > to be true :-))
> >
> > The only problem is when you want to exchange the Exe file with a
> > newer version: All users have to quit, which can become difficult on
> > large installations.
> >
> > I don't see how this should affect data integrity, it's just where the
> > executable code comes from: a local hard disk or a network share. The
> > data connection to the database is the same.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Stefan
> >
> >
> > > I initially had a separate MyClientApp.exe & fbclient.dll installed on
> > > each workstation on our network. Although this arrangement minimises
> > > network traffic when starting the app, it is a real pain to have to
> > > copy updated versions of MyClientApp.exe to each workstation each time
> > > I create enhancements (which is frequently).
> >
> > > So I have shared a directory on the server and placed one copy of
> > > MyClientApp.exe & fbClient.dll there for all the workstations to run.
> > > This way I only need to update the MyClientApp.exe once.
> >
> > > Other than more network traffic and slightly slower App startup time,
> > > is there any particular risk to doing this from a data integrity point
> > > of view?
> >
> > > Thanks
> >
> > > Mitch
> >
>
>
>


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