Re: Fast Track towards using an existing application on the Internet

Tariq wrote:
One of my existing applications (Document Management System) needs to
be Internet enabled. I mean such requirements came up where users can
run this application on Internet (or be provided with a Web Interface)
so that they can fetch the required documents through Internet when
they are away from the office.

Although this is a new area for me, I went through several Delphi and
other general sites and gained some limited knowledge about COM, DCOM,
COM+, ASP, SOAP and ActiveX. As an initial start, I divided my
application into two parts using DCOM. The server part runs on a W2K
server and transfers required binary files to client application by
converting them to OleVariant varable. This is working fine on the
Local Area Network.

However I am quite confused how to move on to Internet. If I use
"Active Server Object" (ASP) then I have to almost comletely rewrite
new user interface (correct me if I am wrong). ActiveX is probably a
more suitable solution where existing application will need less
changes to run under a web browser. But still not sure what pit falls
and limitation are lying ahead in this way.

Would appreciate any suggestions on this topic.

go into your COMPONENTS option, use the Import Active Control.
you should see a Twebbrowser that you can import.
once that is done. you should be able to have a web interface with in
your app.
also go to http://www.overbyte.be and get the free ICS package which
contains examples of doing internet file moves, chatting etc..


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