>>It's always been a dirty little secret that you can get *simple* vfp apps to run entirely off servers, but it is definitely not recommended by pretty much all the experts, and will not work for more complex apps that integrate non-vfp components.
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>Thanks for expounding... well said.

I might also add that under some situations, performance will be significantly better with the runtimes & EXE local, for a more immediate and practical reason, Brenda.

For example, using RAS - in that sort of environment, it will make a major difference, having to move the runtimes & EXE over the wire...