I am developing a system which will be available for different clients to use.

My only differences from one client to another is a hand full layouts each customised for outputting quotes etc......

to simplify further development I have decided that I will use a separate file on the users machine to contain these layouts.

my question then is how best to do this.

I figure in my layout file i need to add the main file as a data source in order to display data.

the layout file will be in a known location (I'll do it) but i cant be so sure of the main file.

ideas?

to simplify further development I have decided that I will use a separate file on the users machine to contain these layouts...

How will having files spread around different user's computers simplify development?

How will having files spread around different user's computers simplify development?

this way each time I release an updated file I don't have to go in and make all of the tweaks that personalise the one clients system

there is no data in the layouts file, it's purely formatting.