Dave,
I have a VFP COM object to get access to a VFP Desktop data set to build a web interface for parts of it. I recently discovered that using the XMLAdapter, I can return nested XML to the C# project. There it can be easily turned into standard objects that C# can manipulate. It's strange sometimes as I think about it. C# Web gets a request, it asks VFP COM to complete it. VFP returns XML, that C# turns into an object, then either converts it to HTML or JSON to send to the client.
I feel blessed that I have someone else doing the front end work so I can just work in the data and business logic.
Have an adventure! It's worth it!
Tracy
-----Original Message----- From: ProfoxTech [mailto:profoxtech-bounces@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Dave Crozier Sent: Monday, August 20, 2018 8:17 AM To: profoxtech@leafe.com Subject: RE: Lianja anyone?
Alan, We already use VFP to RDP in where non complex applications are required or when using remote access.
Just looking for a fairly quick method of data access to DBF's for a small project that doesn't involve a large learning curve... Ultimately we will be using SQL for data access like all the other systems we have.
Apart from that, I'd like a play with "other technologies" ... lol!
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Have looked at FoxInCloud but it won't do what we want it to do without a great amount of rewriting and restructuring unfortunately.
No matter what you choose, this is the world of web applications and will require a huge amount of restructuring and a huge amount of scaffolding to even deal with security properly, even before you get to actual business problems.
FoxInCloud has the advantage of providing a framework for getting you some of the way there from an existing VFP solution.
You might find that putting the existing solution on a Windows server in the cloud and allowing the users RDP access is a path of less resistance - in that scenario all the DBF access is happening locally on the server.
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