Daniel,

That would be nice if I didnt have users that
have literally unpacked a computer system, plugged
it together, and turned it on. Several of these are
out of state and I cannot afford to talk them through
a complete setup of their systems beyond basic
networking. Some of these are even peer-to-peer and
do not have an actual server but are using one
computer to be the IB/FB server. In these cases I
do not know which computer they will be using but
I can talk them through a browse looking for the files.
I have one CD that sets up the server and database and
a second CD that installs each of the clients using
autostart.
We are talking about people that are just getting
used to using a mouse......

Thanks,
Steve Fields

--- In IBObjects@yahoogroups.com, Daniel Rail <daniel@a...> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> At August 14, 2003, 18:16, Alan McDonald wrote:
> > This would mean that you are allowing users to browse to the gdb
file across
> > the network and network shares... i.e. they can see the gdb file
in their
> > file system. That's not recommended anyway..
> > I only ever use text boxes to place the server name in (installed as a
> > default but therefore editable). Even being able to know the path
in some
> > cases is not recommended, that's why there are server aliases now.
You need
> > only install the servername and the alias.
>
> Just to add. It's Firebird 1.5 that supports server side aliases.
> And, it works really nice.
>
> --
> Best regards,
> Daniel Rail
> Senior System Engineer
> ACCRA Group Inc. (www.accra.ca)
> ACCRA Med Software Inc. (www.filopto.com)