>Could you please let me know if.
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>a) this is possible
>b) can I do it will no add ons
>c) can you integrate online payments facilities
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>Thanks in advance
>Martin

Hi Martin, yes you can but you have some work in front of you and some serious limitations (mostly due to win95)!

internet vfp5-based app for the dummies:

1) get pws for win95/98 from the microsoft web site,
2) install it on you workstation,
3) read Rick Strahl stuff (on west-wind site) or preferrably order his book (my best IT investment in the recent 6 months...),
4) build your first isapi server extension (a simple vfp 5 a dll or - preferrably - an exe com object),
5) map the directory where your data and your dlls (the foxisapi connector and your first server) into the win95 web server,
6) test your code in ms explorer. Typically you run:
http://127.0.0.01/scripts/foxisapi.dll/test.test.helloworld
or (if you have name service, i was unable to set it up),
http://localhost/scripts/foxisapi.dll/test.test.helloworld

IF IT WORKS ... THEN LET US GET IT TO WORK ON THE INTERNET

1) you connect your pc to internet with your modem,
2) get the address delivered on the fly by your ISP using the winipcfg.exe utility ie 195.232.70.227 (mine at the very moment)
8) get a friend (why not from nz or australia) to connect to the internet and let it try your dummy site:

http://195.232.70.227 /scripts/foxisapi.dll/test.test.helloworld

Your application is on the internet... at least for some minutes. I did these very tests during the stormy Christmas we had in Normandy. Yups

Only pbs :
a) be aware that W95 may not an acceptable platform except for making yourself more confident ... yes you can start with 95, but that is all you can do. W95 pws has bugs (it creates tons of ini files that u have to delete manually) and does not offer the security (including protection of your data) that you need to run a real web service.
b) foxisapi is nice. You should be able to start with it. But it has some limitations and, more serious, requires you to build a minimal framework to build construct sophisticated applications
c) per default internet is not a secure environment. An real e-commerce facility requires significant application work and investment including ssl encryption. I am no up to the point.

Rick Strahl's West-wind web connection offers an improved isapi connector, a framework with an impressive list of specs and an amazing quantity of info.

Rick does support his product and is very active on both the UT and his web site (including on Christmas day ... thanks Rick).

Good luck