> > Yes Eric, it makes a lot of sense. I've got a lot of learning to do. =)
> >
> > The one thing that I'm still unclear of is this...
> >
> > >Therefore, the Foxite web engine is is setup to run 5 different instances (eg processes) of the same COM EXE at the same time.
> >
> > Does that mean that only 5 people can be accessing Foxite at one time? If that is true, why?
> >
> > Thank you so much,
> > Mike
>
> No the number of concurrent visitors is in reality only limited by the bandwidth (I dont know if there are limits built in Internet Information Server). What I meant to say is that only five instances of the same exe can run at the same time. For example, it takes approx 1.5 seconds to build the forum page. If three people click the forum link at the same time, then foxisapi runs three instances of the exe, because one exe cannot serve three requests at the same time. If there is a new request while the other three are busy with the forum page, then foxisapi launches a new instance. Each instance stays alive for certain amount of time (you can set the 'timeout' in the foxisapi.ini) and then they automatically unload to free up memory. If there is a new request, then foxisapi decides which instance is to be used to serve the new request. Again, if the existing instances are busy serving other requests, it'll run a new instance, up to a max of five at the same time. You can easily set this number to a higher level (by modifying the foxisapi.ini), but up to now, it is not needed.
>
> Again, hope this makes sense.
>

It's getting clearer. It probably won't make 100% sense until I get a chance to start programming and testing (hopefully within the next few days). Until then, I think you've got me headed in the right direction.

I can't express the amount of thanks you and the rest of the Foxite team deserves. I wouldn'tve even known where to begin on this project if it hadn't been for Foxite.

Until next time,
Mike