>to all,
>we are currently running a bulletin board system. the user dials into the host and retrieves records from a table that is storing info about that client. the user first dials into the host, sends a password for verification, if verified, a list of matching records for that client ie (client# + date) is sent to the user, the user then selects the dates of info wanted. complete info for seleceted records is sent to user then the host disconnects from the user. the user manipulates the date received by printing various types of reports.
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>i posted this question months ago, and i recevied various suggetions, mainly to develop a web site, but this doesnt meet our needs. now that time is getting short to make a decision.
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>the application now is written in clipper - dos (showing its age and year 2000 issues). we would very much like to develop this in visual foxpro since all of our other apps have been converted or will be shortly to vfp6. a peek at the clipper code revealed many low level I/O funcions. VFP6 doesnt seem to have these capablilites. Maybe a visual basic or visual c front is needed.
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>i would apprecite any suggestions, examples, books that would point me in the right direction and get me started.
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>thank you
>frank

Are you attempting to recreate the bbs side or the client access side?


Wayne