'Live' Updates Reflected on Screen

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I've to work on a windows application that involves a number of computers
communicating with one another. Every day at any point of time, a user at
Computer A might press a button and make modifications on the data. Once the
button is pressed, the screen at Computer B should be able to reflect the
modications made immediately.

Since we are not using SQL server or any form of database server due to lack
of resources, every computer will have a set of database tables. So, when a
user at any computer makes any changes, the table at all other PC will have
to be updated.

Does anyone have any advice on how to do this? And which type of database
application should I use, i.e. access, excel or even text files? Thank you.
 
There might be several solutions to communicate between computers:
..NET Remoting
Enterprise Services
Windows Communication Framework
....

And for DB why not consider SQL Server Express edition or Oracle Express
Edition as lightweight database server?

Gabriel Lozano-Morán
http://www.realdn.net

wrytat said:
I've to work on a windows application that involves a number of computers
communicating with one another. Every day at any point of time, a user at
Computer A might press a button and make modifications on the data. Once the
button is pressed, the screen at Computer B should be able to reflect the
modications made immediately.

Since we are not using SQL server or any form of database server due to lack
of resources, every computer will have a set of database tables. So, when a
user at any computer makes any changes, the table at all other PC will have
to be updated.

Does anyone have any advice on how to do this? And which type of database
application should I use, i.e. access, excel or even text files? Thank
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you.
 
Thank you. By the way, do I need to purchase license in order to use SQL
Server 2005 Express Edition? Or is it free?
 
Anyway, is there any way to do it such that when user at computer A update
the data in a table, user at computer B will immediately see the changes made?
 
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