Vassilis Aggelakos wrote: > Hi Folks, I need your advice. > > I have a VFP app which - if client wants - uses MS SQL Server 2005 or MS SQL > Server 2005 Express or MYSQL ( recommended if it is already installed but > not deployed by me aka license issues ). > > Now wanting to extend the program features I am considering to make my app > consume some web services that are written in C#. > > Do you believe that it is better to make my VFP app consume (and deploy) > SOAP Web services or it is better to make an external EXE in C# to consume > the web services? - (and then send the returned data back to my VFP main > program?) > > I have read many many posts with different deploying problems of SOAP. Is it > true? > Do you believe that it is safe to assume that my 500+ clients will install > SOAP files without problems? ( mainly WinXP , several Win 2000) > > Keep in mind that when my client selects MS SQL Server as a database, the > .NET framework is installed anyway so the external EXE doesn't add any more > headaches to be deployed - You have already overcome the troubles, if you > manage to install MS SQL Server! -;) > > Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Vassilis Aggelakos
Hi SOAP per se, though more complicated than MS would have you believe, works fine with vfp. The problem comes with the c# webservices. Since you mention services (plural) I assume some at least of these will be public ones over which you have no control. One of the things that .Net webservices can/do do is pass objects/complex structures back and forth. If a .Net webservice isn't doing this then you are OK with vfp. If it is, then you're stuck (at least, I don't know of anyone who has achieved it) unless you have .net at both ends. So, in your scernario, an external exe in c# looks like the best/only option. -- Cheers ============ Brian Abbott ============ _______________________________________________ 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.
