Unfortunately, there is no way to access .dbf tables across a DSL connection quickly. VFP is reading those files constantly from what it sees as a mapped drive, and therefore the file location needs to be somewhere where the access is as fast as a network hard drive. The setup you describe is simple too slow for the way VFP works.



>Hi Experts,
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>Is it advisable to use a VFP application to access native tables over a VPN network? Or is this a poor practice?
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>I have tried it with a client who has three remote offices. All three have DSL internet, each with a DLink VPN Router installed. All three remote offices have my application (EXE) installed with PATH statements pointing to a mapped drive Z: over at the main office.
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>The app is able to access the tables alright, but is snail-pace slow. We also tried copying and pasting test files (any file VFP or otherwise) and it really is SLOW.
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>I was wondering if:
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>1. This practice sucks and is not advisable;
>2. Could it be an ill-configured VPN router that's the culprit.
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>Thanks and Merry Christmas!
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>Dennis