Question Installing a Windows Form on a Public Network.

[jmon117]

By chance would it be possible to take a windows form I wrote in Visual Basic and install it to a publicly accessible folder on my network. It saves data that people input into it, so I would like everyone on the network to essentially be using the same instance of the program. Is this possible, and how would i go about doing it.

 

[Dunfiddlin]

In what way is the data saved?

 

[jmon117]

I am saving the data using public variables in a module

 

[Dunfiddlin]

So there's no permanent storage at all?

The answer is no, it's not possible but you could have a number of instances of the program accessing a common permanent datasource. It's rather obvious why you can't have two users accessing a single program!

 

[jmon117]

How would I go about setting up permanent storage? Also, is their a way I can save the current state of the form as a whole without saving each individual item? Thanks.

 

[Dunfiddlin]

If you want multiple connections you'll need to set up a database (hundreds of tutorials available). If you want to save the state of a form at an individual level you can use the settings interface provided in VS (see Application Settings in VB.NET for examples) but you will need to do this per item.