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>>The current XBASE app is too slow and requires too much programmer intervention. However, rewriting something that evolved over seven years and keeping up with the current business is a real challenge.
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>>Could a pure FoxPro solution meet our needs? Most likely it could. However, I do have WAN with 15 users in an office in California. Our solution for remotes connectivity is Citrix WinFrame. Others here on UT have had performance problems with VFP's GUI on the WinFrame as I have had, but I follow their progress to see how I may address this issue.
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>See my post below.
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>>If the users in CA are not happy, then the CEO is not happy. They are our most productive claims processors. So, with VFP, it would serve them better with a local dataset. But then how do I provide enterprise wide reporting? VFP lacks automated database replication.
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>Actually, you may not want automated replication in your situation. You may wish to schedule background or foreground job runs to replicate the data to a master dataset with the (assumed) limited bandwidth.
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>>Anyhow, I will continue to follow the experience of others here to see how they address similar issues. If you have ideas on how to develop an effective VFP app for a WAN, please share your thoughts...
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>>Regards,
>>Jack Mendenhall
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>Clarify something for me, Jack. Is Citrix WinFrame that same thin client technology that MS is working on in Hydra? What is the WAN backbone (speed, etc).

I think Craig may remember my lamenting VFP's form refresh. Although exceptable on our standard P75/16 meg RAM workstations, the performance is less than lackluster on the WinFrame--the technology behind MS Hydra, aka Windows Terminal. The one test app does have a pageframe with a plethora of controls, so maybe it's a design issue...

I do not want to code for database replication. I'd rather have something more like SQL Server's administration options. Guess I am lazy in that aspect.

As an aside, I would have to disagree with the notion that VFP 5.0 is such a leap from previous versions that it has driven off all the mediocre Fox programmers. With all the backward compatibility, there's nothing to stop someone from writing an app with @ ... SAY/GET to the screen with all the various READS, etc. We have one in production--dBase code recompiled under VFP. Not my idea, but he's the CEO's son...