Bill,

<< It sounds like it's not possible to widely distribute an existing
database with a product using elevateDB, since one can't really know where
it will be stored. >>

Absolutely not.  It is no different than DBISAM in terms of what you can do
with it "in the field".  Fernando's post was slightly confusing due to the
wording.  He was simply saying that you need to know where you want to put
everything ahead of time *if you don't want to have to make any adjustments
to the configuration file for the database paths*.  However, making
adjustments to the database paths is very easy:

http://www.elevatesoft.com/edb_faqt_2.htm

Whether you distribute the configuration file or not with your application
depends upon whether you are using custom user security and/or jobs.  If you
are using the stock-standard user security and no jobs, then you can just
distribute the database catalogs and re-add the databases during runtime
using the CREATE DATABASE statement.  For most applications coming from
DBISAM, think of the configuration file as simply the transfer of the
database names/paths from the application's TDBISAMDatabase component(s) to
a file on disk, so that you only need to use the database name in your
application.

--
Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com

Tim,

<< If you
are using the stock-standard user security and no jobs, then you can just
distribute the database catalogs and re-add the databases during runtime
using the CREATE DATABASE statement.  For most applications coming from
DBISAM, think of the configuration file as simply the transfer of the
database names/paths from the application's TDBISAMDatabase component(s) to
a file on disk, so that you only need to use the database name in your
application. >>

Thank you very much for the clarification!  I placed my order and hope to start the
project in the near future.

Finest regards,
Bill Root

Bill,

<< Thank you very much for the clarification!  I placed my order and hope to
start the project in the near future. >>

Fantastic.  If you have any problems, remember that you can call or Skype me
at any time:

http://www.elevatesoft.com/contacts.htm

The learning curve for EDB is a little higher than DBISAM, so it's normal to
require clarification of how things work in EDB vs. DBISAM.

--
Tim Young
Elevate Software
www.elevatesoft.com