Quoting Cameron Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: >> It's fun and edifying to read y'alls comments, especially about the future >> of Delphi. This is particularly true as y'all are what I'd like to be - >> professional programmers. Well, anyway I've got a database order entry >> application that I'd like for our customers to access so that they can >> enter >> their quotes/orders themselves. Currently the application is written in >> Delphi 5 and uses dBase. There are 5 users on our internal network. >> Customers are in several states and there could be perhaps 5 or so >> accessing >> the application at the same time. >> >> I have purchased an update to BDS 2006. So if you were me where would you >> go >> from here; namely, what do you recommend.
Another alternative that we are actually using in our sales operation, which works extremely well is to use an open-source product called phpbms. It's written in php, and lets customers put in their own orders directly into your system from the web. We actually only use it for our salespeople, so they can log in and pick up sales leads. But it's really nice to use. We have it running on a linux box using the slampp distribution. The internet connection goes back to that box, allowing remote logins. Then, from Delphi, you can access all the mysql tables, writing all sorts of reports and calculation routines that aren't in phpbms. I've really come to love phpbms after using it remotely. It's lovely. And doing it this way, integrates cleanly and perfectly with delphi. Best Regards David __________________________________________________ Delphi-Talk mailing list -> Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk
