Hi Viv

The customer already has an existing website, how do I check it can support VFP?

>It's not entirely clear whether your client has an existing web site.?
>If they do and it does not (or cannot) support VFP then this is probably a non-starter.
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>>I was asked to write a program to build a complicated selection screen to extract data from a massive table of postal addresses.
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>>This went well, the customer is now asking the following questions for future work: (I have no internet programming experience with VFP except extracting text from a web page)
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>>Can vfp be used on a web application with multi enquires
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>>Can the vfp work using the SQL engine although this project could clear be done by VFP,
>>I know this can be done, and I have bought Client Server Applications with VFP & SQL Server - Rob
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>>Can we create login screens for
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>>1/ Initial Login to create a new account for a new customer
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>>2/ Be able to send emails to new customer confirming their new account
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>>3/ Place accounting controls example : orders can be placed and released if account is in credit
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>>4/ Be able to place counts and email results
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>>5/ From the email be able to download the data.
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>>We already have the user login and auto email system written for us for the DMO web site.
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>>Java and postgres have been used so if vfp could not do this can we interface it.?
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>>I have a copy of Internet Applications with VFP6, I've never done anything with it though. From this book I gleamed this as a form of reply to my customer:
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>>VFP can be used as a foundation to build large, mission critical internet database applications. Server side web applications including Active Server Pages, ODBC and activex automation servers, Activex Data Objects, FoxISAP, Internet Information Server, Microsoft Transaction Server, and advanced web features like cookies, authentication, secuirity, XML, browser functionality encapsulation, and remote data services.
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>>Also ive added this:
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>>VFP can be both a COM client and server.
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>>VFP can run with an SQL server, instead of its own database engine.
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>>VFP can send emails using MSOutlook (Automation), or a pop3 email account directly or MAPI all in straight text or HTML format.
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>>Can anyone giude me as to how I should be advising the customer to proceed, is it even feasible for me to learn all this in a matter of months?
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>>What about a product like Web Connection by Rick Strahl?
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>>Any help extremley appreciated.
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>> Rob