Hi Terminal Services work well (Better than VNC) over a dial up, especially when graphics are cashed locally. It also handles the printing.
Rob Martin Software Engineer phone 03 377 0495 fax 03 377 0496 web www.chreos.com ----- Original Message ----- From: "Stephen Barker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'NZ Borland Developers Group - Delphi List'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 28, 2004 1:04 PM Subject: [DUG] remote access options > Hi all, > > I've got a request at present from a customer who has rapidly grown from a > one-man tradesman company to employing a dozen or more staff, some in the > office, some working from another office and some on site (construction). > > They need hardware and software to enable easy access to quotes, jobs, > drawings, email etc from remote sites. Some of these sites will not have > broadband, and they will need laptop/gprs or pda/gprs type solutions. > > Before I get started researching, does anyone have any ideas or opinions or > know of any existing solutions on: > > 1. remote access using pcAnywhere, VNC etc > (too slow to be feasible over dialup?) > > 2. Terminal Services - is it practical to use over dial-up or gprs? > > 3. Remote printing - they may need to print quotes/Invoices from the truck. > > 4. Redevelop a web interface to their software (or parts of it) so direct > data entry can be done with a browser, and therefore a pda. > > 5. Laptop users with full software/data and a synchronisation method back to > the office DB - preferably over dial-up. (Briefcase) > > 6. Develop PDA cut down version of their software with similar > synchronisation. > > What does everyone else do for remote users of their software? > > thanks, > Steve > _______________________________________________ > Delphi mailing list > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi > > _______________________________________________ Delphi mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://ns3.123.co.nz/mailman/listinfo/delphi
