Thanks for the replies. IntraWeb looks like it could entail a complex conversion effort. Has anyone used WebExpress and/or Delphi for PHP? Any comments on conversion effort, effectiveness, gotchas using either of those products? Thanks.
At 02:56 PM 4/10/2007, you wrote: >When I went that way, I used intraweb. I had to rewrite all the gui >code obviously but all the calculation code I could use as is. I >also went 3 tier at the same time using RemObjects to connect to the >server. That let me put the webserver with a specialist hosting >company and keep the database inside our network. > >Initially, while I was working for a different company, they >contracted someone else to write the web app. It took them 9 months >to deliver a partially working app with no data connectivity. Using >Intraweb and remobjects I did the entire thing in under 3 months of >part time work. > >Regards > >Sean Cross >IT Systems Development Manager > >Catalyst Risk Management >PO Box 230 >50 Dalton St >Napier 4140 >DDI: 06-8340362 >mobile: 021 270 3466 >Visit us at http://www.catalystrisk.co.nz/ > >Offices in Auckland, Napier, Wellington & Christchurch > >Disclaimer: >"The information contained in this document is confidential to the >addressee(s) and may be legally privileged. Any view or opinions >expressed are those of the author and may not be those of Catalyst >Risk Management. No guarantee or representation is made that this >communication is free of errors, viruses or interference. If you >have received this e-mail message in error please delete it and >notify me. Thank you." > > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:delphi-talk- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Sid Gudes > > Sent: Wednesday, 11 April 2007 6:04 a.m. > > To: delphi-talk@elists.org > > Subject: Converting Delphi EXE to Browser-based > > > > Hi All, > > > > Our company has decided to convert an existing Delphi app (rich > > client EXE) to work within a browser. (Citrix and MTS are not > > options due to a host of reasons.) > > > > We already have developed some other Delphi apps that are web-server > > based, so have inhouse experience on web server development in general. > > > > Does anyone know the best way to convert our existing app from a > > client-side EXE to a server-side EXE? At the very least, we need to > > use HTML instead of DFM for our forms, but I would think that more > > than a little of our program logic needs to be changed. > > > > Are there any tools, books, components, etc. that you can recommend > > to help make this transition as painless as possible? We're looking > > at things like short learning curve, short conversion effort, to the > > degree possible. > > > > Thanks. Regards, Sid Gudes PIA Systems Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] __________________________________________________ Delphi-Talk mailing list -> Delphi-Talk@elists.org http://www.elists.org/mailman/listinfo/delphi-talk
