connecting to local database

[Gert]

I want to make an swfKit application that will be installed on my clients pc's and needs to write data to a local folder (on his own pc).

Any idea's which solution works best?

I thought about creating XML files to save all data, but each update in an xml file requires to read/write the full xml over and over. This would slow down saving when a lot of data is already pressent in the XML file.

How about using MS Access? Does that work if the client pc does not have MS Access installed? How about incompatibilities with DAO drivers? It should run on each Win 98SE or higher pc.

Any suggestions are very welcome :-)

Gert

[SWFKit]

Yes, you can use ms access, but the end user must have the microsoft jet driver installed. See: http://www.swfkit.com/forum/thread_1_489.html

Or you can use Firebird, which is a free database. http://www.swfkit.com/forum/thread_1_964.html

[thickbrain]

Hi Gert,

By default, Windows installers install the ADO database driver.

So, 99.9999% of Windows installation will have the Jet/Ado driver installed.

But, MS Access DB is not a very good option for concurent users. You may want to investigate FireBird (formaly knowned as InterBase)