Re: Application Preferences

2019-08-20 Thread Barry Scott
> On 19 Aug 2019, at 20:37, Dennis Lee Bieber wrote: > > On Mon, 19 Aug 2019 18:01:17 +, dboland9 via Python-list > declaimed the following: > >> Wow, what happened here? I posted this to the Python discussion group as it >> is a Python question, not an SQL question. That said, I agre

Re: Application Preferences

2019-08-19 Thread dboland9 via Python-list
Wow, what happened here? I posted this to the Python discussion group as it is a Python question, not an SQL question. That said, I agree with what you have said, and that was the plan. Plans get changed. A number of apps. allow the user to specify the location of data and configuration file

Re: Application Preferences

2019-08-19 Thread Dave via Python-list
On 8/19/19 1:53 PM, Barry Scott wrote: On 19 Aug 2019, at 13:43, Dave via Python-list wrote: The plan for an app that I'm doing was to use SQLite for data and to hold the preference settings as some apps do. The plan was changed last week to allow the user to select the location of the da

Re: Application Preferences

2019-08-19 Thread Barry Scott
> On 19 Aug 2019, at 13:43, Dave via Python-list wrote: > > The plan for an app that I'm doing was to use SQLite for data and to hold the > preference settings as some apps do. The plan was changed last week to allow > the user to select the location of the data files (SQLite) rather than

Re: Application Preferences

2019-08-19 Thread Malcolm Greene
Hi Dave, > I agree that a traditional INI file is the easiest way, especially since > Python supports them. So if I understand you, your apps look like this: Yes with the following nuance for our application sized scripts that require multiple configuration files. In this latter case, we place

Re: Application Preferences

2019-08-19 Thread Dave via Python-list
On 8/19/19 9:22 AM, Malcolm Greene wrote: Hi Dave, The plan for an app that I'm doing was to use SQLite for data and to hold the preference settings as some apps do. The plan was changed last week to allow the user to select the location of the data files (SQLite) rather than putting it whe

Re: Application Preferences

2019-08-19 Thread Malcolm Greene
Hi Dave, > The plan for an app that I'm doing was to use SQLite for data and to hold the > preference settings as some apps do. The plan was changed last week to allow > the user to select the location of the data files (SQLite) rather than > putting it where the OS would dictate. Ok with tha

Application Preferences

2019-08-19 Thread Dave via Python-list
The plan for an app that I'm doing was to use SQLite for data and to hold the preference settings as some apps do. The plan was changed last week to allow the user to select the location of the data files (SQLite) rather than putting it where the OS would dictate. Ok with that, but it brings