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From
03/10/2002 07:27:20
Hilmar Zonneveld
Independent Consultant
Cochabamba, Bolivia
 
 
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02/10/2002 21:04:23
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Forum:
Visual FoxPro
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Other
Miscellaneous
Thread ID:
00707176
Message ID:
00707247
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>I have an existing app that uses a MSSQL 7 backend and ODBC to access the data. I'm also using NT 4.0 SP6a WS and Server, latest IE, and VFP7 SP1.
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>Today, I have been approached by our sales people to add into the app, the ability to run the app disconnected from the network (i.e. in a car on the road, in flight, etc.). When they have a chance to connect to the database, it needs to be able to synchronize the data.
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>My first thoughts are to take advantage of the VFP database engine to get and hold a subset of the apps data that would pertain to sales (i.e. customer data, job data, etc.). Let them change/add to this local data and update these changes when they reconnect to the network.

Did you check "offline views" in the help file?
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