Issues with the default db files ...
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It keeps the original formatting.
numero = 49205
interpreted = N
texte = Ever since this software has existed, the default behavior has been that we could refer to certain db files WITHOUT having to use the actual path to those files.In fact, it has never mattered if the path was wrong, because the webdna software has always 'corrected' the bad path to these db files. The files I'm referring to are:WebCatalog Prefs users.db standardconversions.db errormessages.db triggers.dbThese db's apparently have their paths hard-coded into the engine. I learned this many years ago when I put a different users.db into a separate folder and referred to it via the proper path, but webcatalog insisted upon ignoring the path I gave it, and instead it followed the hard-coded path that's apparently built into th engine code. From what I recall, Grant explained this to me as some kind of anti-hacking feature.My question to SMSI is this:Now that there's going to be a separate set of the above files for each sandbox, what's going to happen to our old webdna code that does not use a path to these files when we try to use that code on v5?Will it still work like before, except that now it will reference the above files in the current sandbox?Or will it break because now it doesn't know which file we are referring to since those files are not defined by a specific file path? -- Sincerely, Kenneth GromePS: My email address is kengrome@softhome.net until further notice.------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list
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Ever since this software has existed, the default behavior has been that we could refer to certain db files WITHOUT having to use the actual path to those files.In fact, it has never mattered if the path was wrong, because the webdna software has always 'corrected' the bad path to these db files. The files I'm referring to are:WebCatalog Prefs users.db standardconversions.db errormessages.db triggers.dbThese db's apparently have their paths hard-coded into the engine. I learned this many years ago when I put a different users.db into a separate folder and referred to it via the proper path, but webcatalog insisted upon ignoring the path I gave it, and instead it followed the hard-coded path that's apparently built into th engine code. From what I recall, Grant explained this to me as some kind of anti-hacking feature.My question to SMSI is this:Now that there's going to be a separate set of the above files for each sandbox, what's going to happen to our old webdna code that does not use a path to these files when we try to use that code on v5?Will it still work like before, except that now it will reference the above files in the current sandbox?Or will it break because now it doesn't know which file we are referring to since those files are not defined by a specific file path? -- Sincerely, Kenneth GromePS: My email address is kengrome@softhome.net until further notice.------------------------------------------------------------- This message is sent to you because you are subscribed to the mailing list . To unsubscribe, E-mail to: To switch to the DIGEST mode, E-mail to Web Archive of this list is at: http://webdna.smithmicro.com/
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