Michael, > My coworker has said VFP web service,
Google 'REST web service'. REST is a ***MUCH*** simpler technique than web services for communicating between applications. Here's what I would do: Create a simple PHP web page that collects the data you want to send and have this page post the data to the appropriate tables in your application. Then use Rick Strahl's West-Wind IPTools library (~$129 ?) to have your VFP app send the data you want to send via a HTTP post. Fast, simple, robust. Very easy to test. If you want to secure your transmission, then take the string version of the data you're sending, append a secret key, and do a CRC checksum (or MD5 checksum via Craig Boyd's free vfpencryption.fll) and send this checksum with your data. Your PHP page can re-create your original concatenated string, add the known secret key, checksum the result, and compare the checksum to your transmitted checksum before posting the data to your backend database. If your website has a SSL certificate, then you can post via HTTPS to further protect your transmission. Malcolm _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
