Steve,
Why are you adding the extra overhead of a web server? I guess I don't see the need with the system you've outlined.

Create a COM object that returns data (XML or ADO) based on some parameters. You can then use this object on any system you want. You can use it on an IIS box to return data to an HTML page. You can use it in an appication to feed data to its front-end.

>I am trying to come up with a way to create a VFP data service that will live equally well on workstations and servers.
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>With IIS, I can create a virtual directory or new web site, and have my VFP app or IE go to the server's .asp, which calls a COM object and data is returned. I can do the same with PWS, but PWS is very heavy (and makes too many workstation modifications) to put on all of the desktops I develop for.
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>Does anyone know of lightweight web servers that install cleanly on a workstation and support COM objects?
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>I'm going this route because I think it will let me create my COM data management stuff just one time, whether the user is working locally or not. I intend to make the "web" site run on an obscure port, etc so it's not really doing anything web-like at all, it'll just return HTML or XML when called.
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>Any thoughts?