Thanks Dave, looks ideal. I'll download the demo.
Dave wrote:
> I'd look at something like the ASTA Server technology. (www.astatech.com).
> You can do pretty much anything with this via TCP/IP very easily.
>
> Dave.
>
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> From: "Mason, John" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> Subject: [DUG-DB]: Database access through an extranet?
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> I'd be grateful for some advice on database access through an extranet.
>
> We have a document management system (developed in Delphi 5) that
> creates Word, Excel, and Autocad files and uses a database residing on a
> local area network server to store filenames, dates, descriptions, etc.
>
> We have a request from one of our offices to modify the program to
> operate through an extranet. I envisage that the database will reside on
> the extranet server, and the program will act as a local client to
> display query results and append new data to the database. Is this sort
> of thing possible with Delphi? If so, where could I start researching
> how to go about it?
>
> Regards
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> John Mason
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