>True. I wouldn't use this as a development machine, for that reason. I'm not sure about their take on security; and since they just got into Windows hosting (MS has a big push with ISPs on this), they may not know either. <s>

Well, but that's just the problem, right? COM is not trivial technology to administer. You have to know what you're doing to get a server configured. For generic installation this means you either have the tools to handle this for you or you have the ISP do it for you. The latter will result in the ISP getting cold feet very quickly in my experience, and hte former is difficult to do as most tools can't do a complete COM and IIS configuration in a smooth step. I've done it with custom installers but it's a lot of work even with the right tools...

I have one vertical Web product that I help support and invariably even with what I consider a pretty good installer 90% of the support is for installation...

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>>>PS: because of the isolation capabilities of Win2K3, combined with MS's push to have ISPs offer Windows hosting, we may have lots of these opportunities available. If it can work with VFP web frameworks, including AVFP, this could be a big boost for VFP web work. Getting a client to spring for a $40/month web site to run their VFP-based web site would be a no-brainer, especially when SQL Server is included.
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>>I'm not sure if that's really the case. The problem is that most 'stock' ISPs will not allow running COM objects because of the 'potential' security risks. Even with process isolation there's still the security issue of the COM object having access to the system or other stuff on the machine.
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>>The same is true for Web Connection. See the issue is that the ISP might actually let you put something up assuming they don't understand the security issues right off the bat, but without the rights for you as the user to be able to update your code online on your own they'll realize very quickly that you end up being a very high maintenance client <g>...
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>>Been there done that with a few customers who've done this over time...