Have your small VB app write the information to an MDB (Access database) or DBFs on a network share. Then you can use Access or VFP from anywhere and look at the information. Am I missing something?
>Hi Everyone!
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>I need some major help on this one. My boss has given me the task of remotely auditing our local network workstations. I've designed a small app in vb that would audit the machine I installed it on about 2 years back. Unfortunately though, I have no idea how to get the info from a remote machine via ip to my workstation, or one of our servers.
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>We looked at other of the shelf packages, but nothing really worked for our limited IT budget, or would integrate with our existing inventory system.
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>This is really bothering me. I'm a mid-level programmer, not an expert. So please, any help you can send my way will be greatly appreciated.
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>Thanks,
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>Doug Phillips
>Birmingham, AL
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