OK Bob, I went back and re-read the thread.

No, I don't see what my problem is. . . what I was doing was offering my understanding that VFP as a middle tier can really only be deployed as an IN-PROCESS server becuase of constraints of the language as it is now endowed.

I do not see where DCOM is automatically IMPLIED by any of the discussion, and my purpose was to ensure that *IF* anyone was thinking OUT-PROCESS, maybe they should think again. Though I was also deferring to Jim B to correct this if it was wrong.

Cheers,

Jim N
>>I don't know, Bob. . . who said anything about remote COM (DCOM)???
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>>Cheers,
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>>Jim N
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>Well, if you go back and read this thread, multi-tier and middle tier were being discussed.
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>That usually, but not always, assumes that the middle tier will be on a high powered server that many front ends talk to, hence DCOM.
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>That's why I asked that question.
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>BOb