Re: VFP app over VNC

2009-02-24 Thread Alan Bourke
On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 05:50 +, Mark Stanton m...@vowleyfarm.co.uk wrote: As was pointed out though, VNC to Winders boxes isn't great for more than one person though. And as I always say - VNC/LogMeIn/Webex et al are very different things than TS or Citrix. -- Alan Bourke

RE: VFP app over VNC

2009-02-24 Thread NickC
Interesting discussion but moving away somewhat from the originally intended topic. This was not specifically on behalf of any one particular client rather a discussion of what clients in general require at the moment and in the future. A large part of my time is currently spent maintaining

Re: VFP app over VNC

2009-02-24 Thread MB Software Solutions General Account
NickC wrote: snipped Anyway, this does not look anywhere near as simple as I had hoped for, it appears to me that to do this VFP would require some sort of Linux Application layer similar to WINE. Go for it, man! Don't fear the reaper ___

RE: VFP app over VNC

2009-02-24 Thread Tracy Pearson
Nick, Have a look at http://www.acs.cc/solutions.html specifically the Information Delivery System (ACS-IDS). This allows you to control the hardware and have Linux, MAC, and Windows machines run Windows applications through an internet connection. I've even seen it work on a Windows Mobile

RE: VFP app over VNC

2009-02-24 Thread Alan Bourke
On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:13 +, NickC v...@associateddata.co.uk wrote: I devices. Anyway it did get me thinking, the reason many clients ask for Web Applications is obviously so they can run them remotely, from anywhere with an Internet connection. That and the fact that they assume

Re: VFP app over VNC

2009-02-24 Thread Stephen Russell
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 7:56 AM, Alan Bourke alanpbou...@fastmail.fm wrote: On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:13 +, NickC v...@associateddata.co.uk wrote: I devices. Anyway it did get me thinking, the reason many clients ask for Web Applications is obviously so they can run them remotely, from

Re: VFP app over VNC

2009-02-24 Thread MB Software Solutions General Account
Stephen Russell wrote: Only problem is that the web work you do is not leveraging your existing vfp environment. So I can see the complaints that people here have with requests for web facing apps. http://guineu.foxpert.com/ ___ Post Messages

Re: VFP app over VNC

2009-02-24 Thread MB Software Solutions General Account
Alan Bourke wrote: On Tue, 24 Feb 2009 11:13 +, NickC v...@associateddata.co.uk wrote: I devices. Anyway it did get me thinking, the reason many clients ask for Web Applications is obviously so they can run them remotely, from anywhere with an Internet connection. That and the fact

Re: VFP app over VNC

2009-02-24 Thread Stephen Russell
On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 12:28 PM, MB Software Solutions General Account mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote: Stephen Russell wrote: Only problem is that the web work you do is not leveraging your existing vfp environment.  So I can see the complaints that people here have with

Re: VFP app over VNC

2009-02-24 Thread MB Software Solutions General Account
Stephen Russell wrote: On Tue, Feb 24, 2009 at 12:28 PM, MB Software Solutions General Account mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote: Stephen Russell wrote: Only problem is that the web work you do is not leveraging your existing vfp environment. So I can see the complaints that

RE: VFP app over VNC

2009-02-23 Thread Alan Lukachko
Hi Nick, We have one VFP9 app that has been running under Ultra VNC for about 5 years. It is used to get branch reports and print them at head office. The app is in a few branches. We connect via a VPN client. Then we connect to the branch server with Ultra VNC. Click on the app icon in the

RE: VFP app over VNC

2009-02-23 Thread Dave Crozier
Nick, The biggest drawback is that the VNC session has to be run on a physical machine at the Data centre, hence you would end up with loads of physical boxes dedicated to nothing else other than supporting VNC Sessions, which is wasteful. Hence the use of TS sessions that don't require 1:1

RE: VFP app over VNC

2009-02-23 Thread NickC
app over VNC Nick, The biggest drawback is that the VNC session has to be run on a physical machine at the Data centre, hence you would end up with loads of physical boxes dedicated to nothing else other than supporting VNC Sessions, which is wasteful. Hence the use of TS sessions that don't

RE: VFP app over VNC

2009-02-23 Thread Charlie Coleman
At 02:49 PM 2/23/2009 +, NickC wrote: Thanks for the info chaps. I didn't realise that VNC only allowed a one to one connection I was under the impression that multiple VNC applications and ... There are multiple flavors of VNC out there. I happen to use UltraVNC. I'm pretty sure you can

RE: VFP app over VNC

2009-02-23 Thread MB Software Solutions General Account
On Mon, February 23, 2009 10:36 am, Charlie Coleman wrote: There are multiple flavors of VNC out there. I happen to use UltraVNC. I'm pretty sure you can have many sessions on 1 server. But I think the purpose of VNC is to give true console access. Not fake access as in Terminal Server et. al.

Re: VFP app over VNC

2009-02-23 Thread Mark Stanton
I suspect that VNC is single user on Windows because of Windows, and it works properly multi-user on Linux for the same reason. Windows Terminal Server is Bill's equivalent of a proper multi-user box. I'm working remotely for one client exclusively through terminal server. Yes there are some

Re: VFP app over VNC

2009-02-23 Thread Stephen Russell
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 5:39 AM, Nick Causton ni...@associateddata.co.uk wrote: Hi All, While recently playing with Virtual Servers, I discovered a new world of Virtual Applications running over a VNC console. This got me thinking can a VFP app run in a VNC console. Does the VFP application

Re: VFP app over VNC

2009-02-23 Thread Charlie Coleman
At 04:23 PM 2/23/2009 +, Mark Stanton wrote: Windows Terminal Server is Bill's equivalent of a proper multi-user box. I'm working remotely for one client exclusively through terminal server. Yes there are some number of people logged in to the terminal server, each ... My problem with

Re: VFP app over VNC

2009-02-23 Thread Alan Bourke
On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:39 +, Nick Causton ni...@associateddata.co.uk wrote: We have gone from a world of Win32 applications to one where customers want Web applications, is a VNC Win32 app the next logical step. It's not a step towards being a web application - it's still running as a

Re: VFP app over VNC

2009-02-23 Thread MB Software Solutions General Account
On Mon, February 23, 2009 12:23 pm, Alan Bourke wrote: On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:39 +, Nick Causton ni...@associateddata.co.uk wrote: We have gone from a world of Win32 applications to one where customers want Web applications, is a VNC Win32 app the next logical step. It's not a step

Re: VFP app over VNC

2009-02-23 Thread Stephen Russell
On Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 1:00 PM, MB Software Solutions General Account mbsoftwaresoluti...@mbsoftwaresolutions.com wrote: On Mon, February 23, 2009 12:23 pm, Alan Bourke wrote: On Mon, 23 Feb 2009 11:39 +, Nick Causton ni...@associateddata.co.uk wrote: We have gone from a world of

Re: VFP app over VNC

2009-02-23 Thread Mark Stanton
My problem with Terminal server is that you can't talk to a customer about what is seen on screen. You can VNC to the terminal server session, errr, I think. I don't know if all this is still pertinent to the original topic.Maybe someone just wanted a way to run VFP apps remotely. TS