On Sun, Nov 5, 2017 at 2:06 PM, Mike mike@ggisoft.com wrote:
I have about 50 end users that are in City A, and need to connect to computers in City B to run an application that still uses DBF files. I think it's a Clipper app, it uses NDX files, too.
And before anyone suggests other solutions (software) I have to have remote printing, which seems to be somewhat rare...
Hi, Mike:
Let me make a silly suggestion...
Use a Virtual Private Network solution to allow the two Cities to share the same network, well virtually, and privately.
I don't think it's practical, even with "high-speed" networking, to share a DBF-using application over long distance. Timing and latency could lead to pretty difficult to debug problems.
How about an RDP server at the City B with the DBF files? I'm not sure what the license cost is for 50 seats, but I know remote printing works fine.