If what you want to do is allow users to access their applications on your network from a browser, you may want to look at Citrix Server. Citrix provides a web client which allows users to connect to an NT server and run their applications by remote control. The server has software MicroSoft licensed from Citrix (the name escapes me at the moment).

Some versions of VFP have had performance problems in the Citrix environment, so double check before you leap in.

FWIW

>>I have an apps. for a lawer firm. This apps. gives them a chance to create all the documents for Real Estate Closings. Using that program users can create database of their files and print closing documents. The documents are PowerPoint presentations. Now they want to use apps. over the Internet for another firms. Also they want to preview docs. and change something on the fly (not thru VFP interface. Like ad-hoc change). So what would be a solution for that? What software (including server) will I need? I have a small network at home with cable connection to the internet. How would I create Web environment to develop and test program?
>>Thanks Mark
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> I originally saw your post over at Rick's site, but figured I might (try) to answer it here.
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> Not knowing how your original application works, it's really hard to give you an answer besides, "It depends." It depends on what those documents look like, whether they can be represented by a web page or if you have to use some sort of ActiveX control or PDF file to suit their needs.
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> When you're dealing with an internet-based application, you've got a lot of bandwith issues you just don't have to deal with on a LAN-based app. Add to that the interface differences and you really need to start making some decisions about what they want and what can actually be done.
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> When the preview the docs, more than likely they're not going to be able to view the PP presentation the same way you're probably doing it now (I'm guessing some sort of automation). This would leave either a HTML-based representation (ie. you fill in the information and give a rough approximation of the result) or you could print the PP presentation to a PDF file and have them view that instead. These PDF files may or may not be usuable, depending on the file sizes. No one is going to want to wait for 10 minutes to download what is supposed to be a "Preview". Maybe the final PP presentation, but not the preview.
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> I think West Wind's WebConnect is a good fit for something like this. I've migrated a lot of our reports to it, and have developed a couple of applications using it. To develop applications using it, you only need WC, VFP, and Microsoft's Personal Web server. I'd suggest a dedicated NT machine running IIS, though. Actually, you can get away with just one system running NT and use that as your development system.