Finding Lost Files: A Redirection Class
Posted December 22 2000
Summary: In a perfect world, reading image files from disk wouldn't be a problem. Just store the filename in a database, display the file as needed in an image control, and be done with it. However, in a networked environment, several nagging issues pop up that can cause significant difficulty. Here's a redirection class that lets your application search for files on the paths you specify.
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A Callback Technique for Capesoft's FileManager2
12/21/2006 12:00:00 AM
CapeSoft's FileManager2, and its more recent incarnation FileManager3, are amazing products: they completely automate the process of upgrading client databases, whether local or across a network, and make it easy to do file maintenance. Randy Rogers shows how to add a callback procedure to FM2 to provide user feedback during startup.