Networked Application
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Well i know that this is not exactly VB.Net realted but because my idea is to use VB.Net i'm gonna post it here... I'm gonna create a POS program for 3 branches of the company i work for... the thing is that they want to have only 1 DB on the Headquarters, and have all the computers get connected and disconnected to it to update Inventory, Sales, Etc, my question is... what will be the best approach to this?? how can i make the application to work disconnected ( in case that internet connection is lost ), there are any articles or examples or anything around the net that can help me to get some more ideas about what will be the best approach??? Thanks. Alex.
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Well i know that this is not exactly VB.Net realted but because my idea is to use VB.Net i'm gonna post it here... I'm gonna create a POS program for 3 branches of the company i work for... the thing is that they want to have only 1 DB on the Headquarters, and have all the computers get connected and disconnected to it to update Inventory, Sales, Etc, my question is... what will be the best approach to this?? how can i make the application to work disconnected ( in case that internet connection is lost ), there are any articles or examples or anything around the net that can help me to get some more ideas about what will be the best approach??? Thanks. Alex.
There is really no one way to do it. All I can say is do a bunch of research on ADO.NET, disconnected record sets, design patterns, POS Systems, accounting practices, ... This is all off-the-shelf standard accounting software that's been done over and over again for years. There is nothing special about your requirements that isn't standard in these applications. Just curious...But why not buy an off-the-shelf solution for your accounting? When you consider that this is going to take you 6+ months to design, write, test and implement even a simple system, wouldn't it be cheaper to pay the vendor than to pay you? On top of that, any accounting mistakes made by your software can easily put the liability on you. Are you insured? RageInTheMachine9532 "...a pungent, ghastly, stinky piece of cheese!" -- The Roaming Gnome