>>>I'm using Google Translator.
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>>>The runtime of VFP are on the server or client machine?
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>>>Come on, good EXE VFP is a pseudo code, it needs the runtime of VFP, try placing the runtime on the client machine and leave the EXE, DBF and CDX in server.
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>>Leave the exe on the server, are you serious? I hope nobody follows this advice. The proper way is to use a loader, as I explained in another message in this thread.
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>We launch our applications both ways:
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>- An all-encompassing exe calls other exes upon menu selection. All exes in the network. The user has all their available applications in one screen.
>- A launcher runs a particular exe from the local machine (checking for updates and downloading it to the local machine if necessary). The user has the applications they selected in the desktop as icons, which will launch Launcher.exe with the name of the application.
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>We see ZERO performance difference, if there is any is so small that it is not worth it joking about.

I have seen many cases where a local exe is faster, and no cases where a local exe is slower. That's enough for me.