Although opinions will vary, I would be inclined to disagree a little with Claude regarding the usage of FoxISAPI. Check out DVRWeb here at UT for download. It uses FoxISAPI and works quite well.

As for the need to have to mention all the latest buzzwords to a client, again I disagree. Some clients might care even though they have no clue regarding whatever technology your babbling about. Ohhhhhhhh, we use Java and Oracle, ohhhhhh we use ASP...... would they even understand what ASP stands for? Although the above may be viable solutions to a specific business request, there is no reason to exclude VFP/FoxISAPI if it solves the problem.

Steve

>Hi all,
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>Reading VFP Web Developers Page ( http://msdn.microsoft.com/vfoxpro/technical/articles/web.asp) I didn't see any explicit reference to FoxISAPI as a means to develop VFP web apps in the topics listed (some references can be found in Internet Enabling Visual FoxPro Applications and Building Distributed Applications over HTTP articles by Rick Strahl, West Wind Technologies).
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>The listed topics are:
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>1) XML Messaging with Visual FoxPro
>2) Internet Enabling Visual FoxPro Applications
>3) Using VFP COM components with Active Server Pages
>4) Run Visual Foxpro Reports on the Web with Adobe Acrobat
>5) Building Distributed Applications over HTTP
>6) Convert FoxPro Cursor into XML Data Format
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>I would like to know why, if FoxISAPI is a way to enable VFP apps to the internet, it doesn't deserves explicit exposure? It seems to me that FoxISAPI is a 2nd class solution, that can be dropped out the VFP package.
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>You can read in chapter 5 of Rick Strahl's book (Internet Applications with VFP) that The initial learning curve is worth it: FoxISAPI provides what Active Server Pages cannot provide very well, namely the ability to build truly scalable Web applications using native data access that can bypass ODBC altogether if desired.
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>On the other hand you can read that Microsoft provides FoxISAPI as a sample application. This means it does not officially support this product and you won't be able to call tech support to get help.
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>In the thread VFP7 and Web developement (Thread #503257 Message #504267), Mike Stewart (Microsoft) says in its reply: Au contraire, it is officially supported. I ought to know, I used to be the one supporting it. :-)
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>Based on all the above:
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>FoxISAPI WILL (still is?) be part of VFP7?
>It will be officialy supported by MS?
>It is a 1st class solution to VFP developers?
>Does MS recomends FoxISAPI utilization?
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>Fernando