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Client / Server using a modem
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From
26/06/1998 19:08:52
Bob Lucas
The WordWare Agency
Alberta, Canada
 
 
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26/06/1998 18:28:26
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
Category:
Client/server
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00112095
Message ID:
00112099
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>I need help creating a client / server connection using a modem.
>I have 5 locations around the country that must connect to an NT server using a modem.
>
>I currently have this system running in fox 2.5 using dde with Procom Plus to send and receive data. My customer wants a client / server set up using VFP 3.0.
>
>
>I don't know how to make the connection via a modem.
>
>TIA
>
>Glen Mettler
>gmettler@mail.crc.com
>800-285-6001 x3189


This is not very difficult to do. Using TCP/IP you would dial in to the remote server the same as you do for your ISP provider. Your user ID and password will log you into NT. You would best be served by using SQL Server on the NT box rather that fox tables. SQL Server will retrieve only small data sets (depending on how you program)

Define all your data access as remote views and setup an ODBC connection on each remote machine. You can even do this on setup by having a .reg file for the ODBC information as part of the install.
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