Re: UPS and DBASEPLUS

I still am confused. Can Worldship be used on the same computer as my dbase 
app? Can it be used at the same time? Will one in any way interfere with the 
other? Do I have to reboot after each is used? Also, does the merge do 
anything, etc.???
Dennis

"Geoff Wass [dBVIPS]" <gswassREMOVE_ME@attglobal.net> wrote in
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> In article <h7DD9xjXIHA.940@news-server>, dennis8706@verizon.net
says...
>> Our program that we sell has a database that we call CUSTOMERDATA in
the
>> BDE. Lately we noticed that a lot of our customers are using UPS 
>> Worldship
>> that also uses the BDE. We have noticed more instability lately. Our 
>> thought
>> is to "merge" the two databases together in the BDE. I
believe that our
>> customers are putting in Worldship lately. We put the BDE on all 
>> computers,
>> and our customers would put Worldship on one or two of the computers. I

>> do
>> not know if what I am doing is correct or makes sense. What I have done

>> is
>> select CUSTOMERDATA in the BDE, click on it and click on MERGE and it 
>> then
>> says the MERGE is successful. I do not know yet if this helps the 
>> stability
>> issue or if this is proper. Any help here would be appreciated from
those
>> who might have experience working with Worldship.
>>
>> Dennis, Maxine and Jacob
>>
>
>
> Dennis, Maxine and Jacob,
>
> Does WorldShip have a separate BDE config file? If so, what are their
> settings and how do they compare to yours? I don't see how merging
> config files, if that is what you are proposing, will get you any
> stability. What version of the BDE is WorldShip installing? If it is not
> the same as what you are using that could be you problem - maybe.
>
> As an aside, if you are wanting to use whatever BDE is installed and
> want to make sure it has your preferred settings, Ronnie MacGregor (
> http://www.dbasedeveloper.co.uk/ ) has rmAlias and rmBDEConfig non-
> visual controls that might interest you.
>
> -- 
> Geoff Wass [dBVIPS]
> Montréal, Québec, Canada
>
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In article <MWoNJkMaIHA.1768@news-server>, dennis8706@verizon.net 
says...
> I still am confused. Can Worldship be used on the same computer as my dbase

> app? Can it be used at the same time? Will one in any way interfere with
the 
> other? Do I have to reboot after each is used? Also, does the merge do 
> anything, etc.???
> Dennis


Dennis,

Let's assume you and WorldShip are using the same version of the BDE 
(you didn't say). If you have _separate_ BDE config files, then only one 
program can run at a time. You do not have to reboot the PC. You just 
have to close the one program before opening the other. If you have 
_one_ BDE config file, both programs can run at the same time.

You can merge config files (ie. make one common config file), but you 
will want to ensure that the BDE settings are to your liking. That's 
where a class like Ronnie's would come in very handy.

-- 
Geoff Wass [dBVIPS]
Montréal, Québec, Canada

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