D3C0Y:
> I think the most effective way to set this program
> up for future changes or customized databases is
> to make it so that each data field is read into the
> program dynamically... ...Doing it this way will allow
> people to customize their app to fully work with
> their 'flava' of oscommerce and it would not matter
> how many 'extra' fields they have.
You are quite right. I haven't bothered too much about extra fields or DB variants because I didn't know that there were so many variations of OSCommerce. But after lot of requests to support those variants (or extra plugins) I'm starting to think that the OSCPMWin application can become an open editor to support all that.
Your idea sounds right to me. The application would then be able to support any extra field. And maybe later it can let you define the relationships and restrictions for each field (the bussiness rules). And maybe later it can provide a form editor to create customized entry forms. And reports.
That would require a lot of rewriting, but I'm sure something like that is in the future of OSCPMWin.
I'm taking note of this, D3C0Y. Any comment, suggestions, questions are welcome.
Regards,
Mario A. Valdez-Ramirez.