>>Is CreateObjectEx different from DCOM? What is the speed of createing an object over the internet with 56K? What privilege does the user need to be able to create the object? I know allot of questions but this will be my first crack at this.
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>The reason createobjectEx exists is to get around the need for Automation Manager to be running on your system.
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>Its only problem is however, that you need to code differently for the
>server system to the client systems. In you install a out-of-process server
>app onto your host machine ... you need to call in using createobject() if
>vfp runs on the same machine. Yet all clients can call it using createibjectex().

So, you can create a wrapper function that you call... you can set up some properties of an application object which specify which function to use...

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