>>>3. My Foxpro applications will be installed on server and they shud be able >>to run it..
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>>This cannot be done, because VFP will not run on a Linux machine. Virtually >none of the programs you're used to use won't run on Linux.
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>I have to disagree. If the Linux box is used as a server and is allowing file access to DOS/Windows based files, then VFP apps can be installed on the Linux server and run from it.
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>It's no different than putting a VFP .EXE on an NT server and launching it from the [NT] network drive. The VFP application will always run on the client, whether it was launched from a local drive or a network drive (NT or Linux).
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>Guy

But you can't run Web Connect or any other VFP server on the Linux server.