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When I load my application on client machine,
I get the following error:

g:\database\hello.mdb is not valid path.

There is no g: drive on the client computer, so I dont have a easy idea for it.

like::
something\hello.mdb

Posted 27-Sep-10 23:58pm

Bhatt Aniruddh

Updated 28-Sep-10 0:08am

Tom Deketelaere

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Henry Minute · Answer 1 · 2010-09-28T00:06:00

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From your question it looks like you have the path to the DB hard coded. Always a bad idea.

One way to resolve this is to error check on the DB access and if not found put up a FolderBrowser for the user to navigate to the proper location. Then store that location in the config file/registry/wherever ready for next time.

Posted 28-Sep-10 0:06am

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Simon_Whale 28-Sep-10 12:15pm

good answer :)

DaveAuld · Answer 2 · 2010-09-28T00:05:00

The easiest thing to to would be to use a settings file, and then configure the relevant path in there.

Then in the code you would reference the settings parameter, so it would never need the code changing.

http://www.devsource.com/c/a/Languages/VBNET-Using-MySettings-for-Application-Settings/[^]

Tom Deketelaere · Answer 3 · 2010-09-28T00:07:00

You'll have to use a application setting to do this.
Or some other way to store the path to your database.

Or you can opt to put the database in a common folder at installation and use that one. (but this is not recommended for a database)

Take a look at these links:

http://articles.techrepublic.com.com/5100-10878_11-5779516.htm[^]

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/a65txexh(v=vs.80).aspx[^]

http://www.ezzylearning.com/tutorial.aspx?tid=806732[^]

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