Questions about Web applications for a Web beginner 2

[Stella740pl]

Hi, everyone!

I've never written a Web application, or a Web anything, for that matter, so bear with me, please.

We are currently using VFP6 SP5. Under current procedure, another person takes tables and reports produced by my VFP6 desktop application, and converts them to SQL Server and PDF files respectively, to use them in his Web application (not VFP).

Now, when I was discussing with our manager a possibility of getting an upgrade to VFP9, he said that if it will allow us to skip the conversions mentioned above and just use FoxPro tables and reports on the Web, then he might be more willing to upgrade. Or, rather, if VFP in general, even our current VFP6, can do it, then it would make more sense to upgrade to a better version of a great product like this.

As far as I know, people are using .DBFs on the Web (and this capability existed before VFP9, am I right?), I just don't know how yet.

I am not sure, though, if it's possible to run the reports right from the Web, instead of creating PDFs or other such files.

Are any additional products, libraries, tools are required to create a FoxPro Web application?

Can you please comment on this?

Also, can you suggest good books on creating VFP Web-enabled applications for those who have never done it before? (I had a chance to write desktop applications only so far.)

Thanks.
Stella.

 

[wgcs]

Stella,

Take a look at this thread184-1032534 for some explanation on using VFP9 to generate HTML directly from FRX reports without any third party tool.

- Bill

Get the best answers to your questions -- See FAQ481-4875.

 

[Stella740pl]

Thanks, Bill,

They all are free tables. I already got the idea from different threads that the drivers should be a newer or same version as DBFs. So you think an older format shouldn't have been the problem. Looks like good news. Will try again with DBFs then some time soon.

Thanks again.