>It seems that the performance of our large application has slowed to crawl. The main component of the problem is the amount of data we are passing across the WAN. Advisor just had an article about why VFP does not do well in the WAN arena. I'm searching for the best solution. I'm thinking this might be the time to move to a browser front end. I really would like to stay with VFP as the backend though.
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>Has anyone made the migration to the Web that can share some insight as to what I'm up against? Are there any tools that you could recommend that can help me?
The default answer is always
www.west-wind.com, but you may also want to check into a Thin client solution. You may (and probably should) eventually end up with a web application front-end, but the Thin Client could help you get through until you can create a new program - or could be the answer.
HTH
Wayne Myers, MCSD
Senior Consultant
Forte' Incorporated
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