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Run VFP Application from Remore Server.
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01/02/2000 08:36:19
 
 
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01/02/2000 05:17:52
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Visual FoxPro
Category:
COM/DCOM and OLE Automation
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00325478
Message ID:
00325508
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19
First of all, you will need to install the runtimes of VFP on every workstations.

You can put your EXE on the server, but that will slow down the startup of the application, since the EXE will be downloaded to the workstation everytime the application is started. The EXE will not execute on the server but localy on the user's workstation. The update of the EXE will also be problematic, because you will need to make sure that no user is using the EXE. As an alternative, you can use a launcher that will verify the dates of the EXE local against the EXE on the server and if different, download the EXE from the server locally before starting the EXE from the workstation.

If you want part of the process to run on the server, you will need to write DCOM components. But you still need a local EXE, that will call the COM components on the server.

HTH
> I am planning to have only ONE COPY of my vfp program in server. Every workstation will run the same copy of EXE in their machine. Therefore, I would like to ask several question about it:
>
>1. Is it possible to do it? How?
>
>2. What are the advantages and disadvantages for it?
>
>3. Where would the resources being used if I run EXE from remote server?
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