Applications designed for multiple users
I am designing an application which would reside on one machine but would require access by any or all of the users who have a user account on that machine.
So far, I have been unable to find a way of making the application work from more than one user account. I have tried publishing to a shared folder within All Users which works fine when I install it but doesn't work if I log off and then on again in a different account.
The project uses SQL Server Express and I think the problem lies with this as the application screen appears but a timeout error is generated (I have doubled the default time before a timeout occurs as I had a problem sometimes with this within my own account).
Is there a way around this or would the users have to create a single user account that they would all have to log on to in order to use the software? Yuk!
Secondly, is it possible (and legal) to include installation files for .NET and SQL Server Express on the same CD as the application and to save the user from the lengthy download required? Are there re-distributable packages that would simply check for any updates?
Rich
