Thanks, Ted.
Unfortunately, the app that is creating the problem (using DBFs) is not something I created or have the desire (or authority) to replace. It's an appliance repair application that schedules in-home service calls, manages repair parts inventory, billing, technician routing, etc, etc, etc.
I'm pretty much stuck with providing RDP-like services from the remote locations to the city where the data resides.
And, as I said in my other response, the author claims to be porting the application over to "the cloud" so that the service techs will have real-time access via a cellphone hotspot to create invoices in the home, etc. But, the best laid plans of mice and men tend to be delayed...
Mike
Ted Roche wrote:
On Mon, Nov 6, 2017 at 4:04 PM, Mike mike@ggisoft.com wrote:
If anyone else has any tips on other applications, I'd appreciate hearing about it/them.
Building on the idea you already have the VPN installed, so you've got encrypted tunneling and authentication taken care of, "all you need to do" (I love when my clients start a sentence that way!) is reach the app over that VPN.
Since Thierry seems to be taking the day off <g> I'd suggest you set up FoxInCloud to work as an *INTRANET* application: the remote workstations could use a browser to access the app. You solve the latency and bandwidth problems of sharing DBFs.