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> > The file server approach does not work well in a wide-area network WAN, and also not so well via WLAN for that matter - connection is "too thin" usually, too much delay, timeouts, etc.
> > Your description rather sounds as if a VPN / "Terminal Services" approach might work, so that each long-distance user would work on the TS server, virtually connected vioe remote Desktop software, Citrix, MS "Terminal Services", "Team Viewer" etc.
> > There have been a few threads about that recently -> Foxite -> "Home" -> "Search"
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> > (FWIW, UNC paths, like \\theServerName_or_IP\sharedFolder, do work better than mapped drives in my experience, because mapped folders sometimes fall into "sleep" mode (Windows issue).)
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> > hth
> > -Stefan
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> Thanks for that. I didn't mention I have a customer using GoToMyPC (now advertised on our TV's. This seems to work for them as the application is launched on the server system but only viewed on the remote machine.
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> Data is therefore not sent over the net, so speed should not be an issue. I have tested this approach locally by running several instances of the application on the same system. It appears to work fine but I'm not sure how safe is data integrity.
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Yes, that is the Remote Desktop approach that works fine with Vfp applications for many people including me.
I have not tried that particular GoToMyPC tool myself though - looks as if it is a Citrix product, they have a good reputation I'd say.


-Stefan