One note: terminal server applications scale fine. I have seen VFP apps on TS with clustered servers and over 5000 simultaneous users doing heads down data entry.

>Hi,
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>Terminal applications are one way to use legacy applications over internet. Solutions exists from decades (Citrix farms, Windows Terminal, ... )
>Definitely not the right or the best for VFP.
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>If it is related to legacy applications it is one of the best ways as it does not involve any development.
>On the other hand I have doubts that can scale very well, this is not a matter for small applications (better small user base).
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>If you are looking for a new application or a redesigned one, a better approach will be to use a more suitable architecture that can allow data exchange between a VFP client application and an Application server, solutions that are used by others programmers than VFP (Java & Jboss and C# and ...).
>Sure this will need a little more skills.
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>For those that are still programming in VFP, I'll suggest to find solutions for real client/server development and invest a little in n-tier architecture.
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>Today apps should be Internet ready that means will need to use HTTP/HTTPS protocol for data exchange, deal with companies proxies, and be highly scalable. This still can be achieved better with VFP for next years. (Install On Premise, SaaS, Cloud ready )
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>Best regards,