Hi,

I am looking for a solution for this scenario:

1. A Mail-Client (appA) is running (local access to EDB).
2. Another application (appB) needs the account-data from the
mail-client in order to import them into his database.

How can I access the accounts-table from appB?

I tried to create a temporary database in appB and just ask the user of
appB where the acctounts-table is located on disc. This works as long as
appA is not running, otherwise I get

 Error #300 Cannot lock the database Temp for exclusive access.

when trying to create the database, which is what I expected.

Any solution for this? That's why I tried just to copy the (very small)
table into the directory of the appB-data. But in this case there is a
version-number mismatch and the table cannot be opened by appB. (Thread:
Create & Copy).

Thanks. Uli

Uli,

<< I am looking for a solution for this scenario:

1. A Mail-Client (appA) is running (local access to EDB).
2. Another application (appB) needs the account-data from the mail-client
in order to import them into his database.

How can I access the accounts-table from appB? >>

Can appB find out the configuration path for appA ?  If so, then just set
the TEDBEngine.UseLocalSessionEngineSettings property to True in appB and
have the normal session set up as normal with the same engine configuration
settings, and a second session set up for access to the configuration
path/settings for appA.  If appB is a remote application, then all the
easier since you won't need to change anything for it.

--
Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com

Tim,

> Can appB find out the configuration path for appA ?

That's the problem. It can't. In addition appA can run either in c/s or
local mode depending on the user's choice.

Uli

Uli,

<< That's the problem. It can't. In addition appA can run either in c/s or
local mode depending on the user's choice. >>

Without the configuration file path for appA, it is impossible for appB to
connect to a database that is defined in appA's configuration file.

Do you have control over appA ?

--
Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com

Tim,

> Without the configuration file path for appA, it is impossible for appB to
> connect to a database that is defined in appA's configuration file.

I guessed that.

> Do you have control over appA ?

Yes, I have. ( I am the programmer

Uli

Uli,

<< Yes, I have. ( I am the programmer >>

Good. Can you possibly change appA so that it stores its configuration
information in a global .ini file or a specific registry key ?

--
Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com

Tim ,
> Can you possibly change appA so that it stores its configuration
> information in a global .ini file or a specific registry key ?

Yes, that's a possible solution. Thank you.

Uli

Tim / Uli


For my benefit in case I ever have to do it with the information in two different sessions how do you get it from one to the other?

Roy Lambert

Roy,

<< For my benefit in case I ever have to do it with the information in two
different sessions how do you get it from one to the other? >>

He's not transferring the session information directly, he's using a medium
of exchange (registry, .ini) that allows to different sessions to read and
use the same configuration information.  The "read and use" part depends
upon your application, but the EDB Manager is a good example of how to do it
with an .ini file.

--
Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com

Tim,

works great. I just store

ConfigPath
SessionType
Hostname

in the registry and with these informations the access is very easy. Thanks.

Uli