Finding files anywhere?

gilllyo · 10th November 2003, 22:29

I Have a program that uses a Database. However this Database needs to be accessed by a number of different computers and providing a Database Server is out of the question. So we have put the file on a file server. How can we get the location of the Database file so we can make appropriate registry changes as apart of installing the program.

Joost Verburg · 11th November 2003, 15:46

I don't really understand what you mean. If you want to detect the location of a database, you will at least need to have some information about where you can find it.

gilllyo · 11th November 2003, 20:39

What I mean is...

It will be stored within a mapped network drive. I don't know what the drive letter is. So either I would need a function to search all drives or using a second directory page that you select a DB.

Either solution would be good. This is actually for a university project and I am a newbie but can manipulate some one elses code for my needs once I know whats happening

Joost Verburg · 11th November 2003, 21:31

If you know the name of the computer you can use a path like \\computername\drive\dir\file.dat

If you really want to search all drives (then your installation will really take half an hour), you can find file search functions in the archive at http://nsis.sf.net/archive

gilllyo · 13th November 2003, 22:01

I will only be searching network drives. They should not be that big.

I've used to DetectDrive And FindFiles from the archive to search on network drives. DetectDrive only returns one drive at a time.

I can't seem to find a simple looping mechanism in NSIS which really bugs me.

But I suppose I'll be able to check if there are no more drives and exit the when the file has been found.

gilllyo · 13th November 2003, 23:13

I actually re-organised my code so that the search was perfomed within the callback of detect drive

kukomamasan · 17th March 2004, 12:47

[edited-sorry wrong place to post]

10th November 2003, 22:29	#1
gilllyo Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 4	Finding files anywhere? I Have a program that uses a Database. However this Database needs to be accessed by a number of different computers and providing a Database Server is out of the question. So we have put the file on a file server. How can we get the location of the Database file so we can make appropriate registry changes as apart of installing the program.

17th March 2004, 12:47	#7
kukomamasan Member Join Date: Mar 2004 Posts: 62	[edited-sorry wrong place to post] Last edited by kukomamasan; 17th March 2004 at 14:24.

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11th November 2003, 15:46	#2
Joost Verburg NSIS MUI Dev Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 3,717	I don't really understand what you mean. If you want to detect the location of a database, you will at least need to have some information about where you can find it.

11th November 2003, 20:39	#3
gilllyo Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 4	What I mean is... It will be stored within a mapped network drive. I don't know what the drive letter is. So either I would need a function to search all drives or using a second directory page that you select a DB. Either solution would be good. This is actually for a university project and I am a newbie but can manipulate some one elses code for my needs once I know whats happening

11th November 2003, 21:31	#4
Joost Verburg NSIS MUI Dev Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 3,717	If you know the name of the computer you can use a path like \\computername\drive\dir\file.dat If you really want to search all drives (then your installation will really take half an hour), you can find file search functions in the archive at http://nsis.sf.net/archive

13th November 2003, 22:01	#5
gilllyo Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 4	I will only be searching network drives. They should not be that big. I've used to DetectDrive And FindFiles from the archive to search on network drives. DetectDrive only returns one drive at a time. I can't seem to find a simple looping mechanism in NSIS which really bugs me. But I suppose I'll be able to check if there are no more drives and exit the when the file has been found.

13th November 2003, 23:13	#6
gilllyo Junior Member Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 4	I actually re-organised my code so that the search was perfomed within the callback of detect drive