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Citrix Server + 'dumb' terminals
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>I have a client who is "updating" his equipment from networked (peer-to-peer) PCs to a remote (!) Citrix server, sitting over a central data server, running local dumb terminals. He is running several of my VFP 5 applications (with a common database) on his current machines.
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>I know nothing about Citrix servers. I anticipate problems from (a) speed of data /screen retrieval to users with remote access; (b) memory problems on Citrix Server with multiple users running VFP; (c) unforseen other problems.
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>Can anyone give me ideas about what I should be looking for? And what actions I should be taking?
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>Applications will be recompiled in VFP 6 SP4 (we don't appear to be able to get VFP7 in the UK); and partial rewrites are also on the cards for other reasons.
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>TIA
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>Mike

You should try it first... this is a good solution. Just make sure the Citrix server has a LOT of RAM. I would say at least 64mb/user.

As for data access, it actually could be faster.
Wayne Myers, MCSD
Senior Consultant
Forte' Incorporated
"The only things you can take to heaven are those which you give away" Author Unknown
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