Updating Distributed Solution Files

[Dagel]

I'm about to distribute a bound solution which will run in kiosk mode. The actual solution consists of 5 separate FM files. I plan on offering frequent updates to one or two of the files. I 've purchased an installer program which will actually find and then overwrite (after archiving) the target files. My question is this: Do I only need to replace the file with the Developer file extension name (.USR) or are there other associated files (.DLL) I'll have to replace as well?

[SteveB]

You only need to replace the USR files. The DLLs won't change. You might want to consider changing the extension from aomething other than USR which may conflict with files on the user's machine.

Steve

[Oldfogey]

Dagel,

Take care! How are you going to retrieve the data in the upgraded files?

Just once, but that's all it takes, I found I had to re-link a kiosk solution after replacing one of the files. These days I use an import script to collect the customer's data and then replace the complete solution.