Looking for a method to make a fm 7 database run off a cd, basically it should only run off the cd. any idea how i could do this. opinions are welcome [email protected]

Hi -

If you want to add data, then you cannot have the database run on the cd, it must be installed onto the computer. If it is just for viewing then you should not have any problems.

I suppose you could use a CD RW, with something like Nero CD-RW. But I haven't tried it, and even if it worked it would be very slow compared with an HD.

I have written a very basic runtime solution for a customer and it runs off a CD. It is just to generate a date-sensitive password for my customer, who travels among his franchisees. I think you always get a message saying it's going to open as read-only. As alredy pointed out you cannot update anything.

Yeah the data is simply for viewing, it would be nice to know how you went about creating your cd runtime

Look at this thread: http://www.fmforums.com/threads/showflat.php?Cat=0&Number=139962&an=0&page=0#139962

It shows a script to test whether a file is 'locked' - it might give you some ideas.

speed,

I just create a runtime on a hard drive, burn the runtime folder to a CD and then add an autorun to start the main executable. Re the autorun, I got mine for nothing as an add-on with Tarma Installer. The Tarma autorun, for some reason, avoids the read-only problem - no message.

Let me know if more details required.

I hope this is an o.k. forum to ask my question on. I created a Runtime solution but it does not work on any other computer. Must it have an autorun program attached to it or something else? It is a small file (less than 1 Megabyte), so I thought it could run just by dragging it off a zip disc. Is there an installation procedure I have to follow? Thanks for any input.

Ideally, I would put it on a memory stick (like a dongle) and have it run off of that. Is that possible?

Carlo

Carlo,

Prior to V7 a runtime would be around 10Mb. In V7, a runtime starts at around 20Mb. So I'm not sure what you mean by a "small file(less then 1 Megabyte)"?

It sounds to me as though you haven't really created a runtime.

A proper runtime should run on almost any other computer. FMP says V7 runtimes will only run on W2K and XP (or OS-X) but some people have run them successfully on earlier Windoze versions.

You should be able to run a runtime off a memory stick.