>Hi Andrus,
>
>>Also, ASP.NET and AFP 3 use named pipes instead of ISAPI. So ISAPI solution seems to be dead.
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>AFP and ASP.NET use ISAPI Extensions that communicate with the actual service via named pipes. ISAPI is used by all IIS extensions except for CGI scripts, and the like. The named pipe is a replacement for creating COM server inside the ISAPI DLL which has been causing a lot of grief.

Christof,

why to use named pipes ?
If com object creation is not used, you probably use separate vfp appl service
sitting in memory.
You you can use a CGI application and
simple text file to communicate with VFP application installed as service, like VFPCGI.

It is a much simpler.