> I am interested to know what should be the best way, always talking of
> peer to peer.
>
> Suppose that I have already installed the application and the database
> on a machine which name is MACHINE_A and now I'm going to install on
> another machine on the peer to peer network named MACHINE_B.
>
> Supposing that the database path on MACHINE_A is:
>
> MACHINE_A:C:\Program Files\MyApp\Database
>
> how can the installer on MACHINE_B detect it as an absolute path?
>
> Or is there another clean way to perform an installation like this,
> where the database file is on one machine only?
>

the database should be on only one machine.. please!
The FBServer should be on only one machine.. please!
All machines (including the one which has FBServer installed) will point to
this one machine...
MACHINE_A:C:\Program Files\MyApp\Database.gdb
(here's another tip... keep your databases away from the Program Files
folder... make another one and leave spaces out of the folder names - it's
not crucial but past and perhaps future OS irritation can be avoided)
e.g.
MACHINE_A:C:\myFBdata\MyApp\Database.gdb

even where only TCP/IP protocol layer is installed, machine names will be
readily resolved so there is no need for netbeui at all on the network at
all - I never install netbeui on my networks. If there is no DHCP device,
then you can just install a fixed IP on each machine via the network
properties.

Alan