Metaframe/Terminal Server is definitely the way to go if you have the money. You are probably looking at approx $6,000 for a decent 15-user setup (hardware and software licensing). I do a lot of TSE/MF in "real life" and the technology is so nice....

Anyway, what about creating your app in "straight" VFP and using nothing but remote views to VFP data? Then you can use the VFP ODBC driver to fetch small amounts of records at a time from the source over the modem line. If you just use SQL for everything, and let ODBC so the "slow link" work, then you'd have a solution that worked well for remote dialup users and local ones, no? I know the VFP ODBC driver is limited compared to what you get out of local views, but if you work around them....


>>Seems to me there are a few options such as:
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>>1.) PC Anywhere connection of the remote users.
>>2.) Citrix Metaframe - interesting stuff, never used it and
>> don't know the cost
>>3.) A web enabled application.
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>>Sounds like 3 is the way to go but consider this.

>I have some work-at-home users that use the remote access capabilities built in to Win95/98/NT. There is really no need to focus on how far away the users

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>The major point, IMHO, is how you develop the app. For web, modem or dialup access, you need to consider minimizing as much as possible how much data is moved over the phone lines. Also, design so you have the app installed on the local computer and have the remote server do as much of the data retrieval processing done as possible [e.g., where possible, use SQL that includess most or all the filtering instead of doing a