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pwaugh
Ketchup Master

USA
68 Posts

Posted - Feb 16 2008 :  4:58:36 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Wouldn't it be cool (like tubular even) if I could take VAX with me on my U3 Cruzer?

Imagine, you have to go program on a colleage's computer, and you pop in your U3 stick and WHAM! His IDE is your IDE with VAX!

This dream has been brought to you by,

Patrick

P.S. I want to be on the beta team!

feline
Whole Tomato Software

United Kingdom
19020 Posts

Posted - Feb 18 2008 :  11:33:55 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
It is very unlikely we would try and do this. VA has to integrate into the IDE in order to work, plus it needs to be told where to find the libraries and source code on the current machine.

Any form of USB drive, this raises all sorts of questions about where the database files are placed, what happens when you next launch the IDE and the USB drive is missing, etc.

Just install the trial version of VA on your colleagues machines. Both of you get the benefit of having VA installed, and they will start to understand why you like VA so much

zen is the art of being at one with the two'ness
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pwaugh
Ketchup Master

USA
68 Posts

Posted - Feb 19 2008 :  6:49:28 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
I'll bet your popular in R & D. :)

Just kidding. Actually, I would imagine the way to really do it would be to have VAX already installed, but the USB device would be more of a key dongle, that would then automatically activate it. But, you are right, I mean after all, how many people find themselves programming on a colleagues machine?

And after all, if you just install the trial, "Resistance is futile!".

Patrick

Programming in C++

VA_X.dll 10.4.1626.0
Built 2008.01.17

(1-user license) Support ends 2009.01.29

DevEnv.exe version 9.0.21022.8
msenv.dll version 9.0.21022.8
Comctl32.dll version 6.0.2900.2982
Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2
Single processor
Platform: Win32
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feline
Whole Tomato Software

United Kingdom
19020 Posts

Posted - Feb 20 2008 :  08:10:11 AM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Instead of a key dongle we are considering some form of license server on the network. Not quite the same thing as you are describing though.

At my last job I would often end up looking at code on a colleagues machine, and I always found the lack of VA to be crippling, so I just told them to install the trial. That or I dragged them back to my machine

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pwaugh
Ketchup Master

USA
68 Posts

Posted - Feb 20 2008 :  6:15:04 PM  Show Profile  Reply with Quote
Ah, an even better idea. =)

Programming in C++

VA_X.dll 10.4.1626.0
Built 2008.01.17

(1-user license) Support ends 2009.01.29

DevEnv.exe version 9.0.21022.8
msenv.dll version 9.0.21022.8
Comctl32.dll version 6.0.2900.2982
Windows XP 5.1 Build 2600 Service Pack 2
Single processor
Platform: Win32
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