>I have a very restricted app in mind. Each user would have no problem with having VFP runtime and IE5 locally resident (or any other support file for that matter) It's a select audience with all client-side software supplied on CD. I would like them to run a VFP Active Doc from the Web server that accesses data on the Web server.
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>Is it possible to map the internet server as a drive and reference the drive in the VFP Active Doc when it accesses a DBF? I know this could be a bit slow but we might be able to live with it.
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>Any comments or alternate suggestions? Active Docs seem to have great potential but they are also sorta like an orphan child. I can see intranets as being a little more suitable home.

You don't need Active Document at all - simply create a share accessible across a TCP/IP connection, and either associate the TCP/IP address with a NetBIOS name, or if the clients are running NT/2K, use a UNC in the form \\IP address\sharename to access the remote file. Under Win9x, you can create an entry using the LMHOSTS file to map an arbitrary IP address to a NetBIOS name for use in a UNC. You can use Windows authentication for access to the file via the share. Rick Strahl's book on Internet applications discusses this and a great deal more - it's well worth picking up.