>This is precisely what I want to workaround, my COM server will do data processing on the server and will return data wrapped in objects.
>I suppose that being COM-compatible they can be used by VB too (faster forms in Winframe) or be transmitted over the Net. Or am I wrong?
Yes, sure...
DCOM is a bitch though to do well for anonymous clients and often you're better off using HTTP to harness data over the Internet. Take a look at the Enterprise examples on my Web Connection demo page:
http://www.west-wind.com/wconnect/enterprise.htmThere are several examples that use VFP as a client/server database only returning result sets as XML, and making remote COM method calls again via XML. This can be used both by Fat clients like VFP or by browser only front ends.
Personally, this is my choice for doing distributed applications. With SOAP coming down the line there will even be a standard for the protocol that is used to make those COM calls over HTTP.
