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  • Chuck Bytes
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    Re: Remote Desktop Application

    Originally posted by turbojack View Post
    TS is the way to go. Once you set the system up you will want to change over all of your local users to use TS. When using TS the speed of A5 increases with a lot less network traffic. If you have a good internet connection the remote users will feel like they are at the office. I have been doing this for the last 3 years and it has Remade my life a lot easier.

    If you search this board on TS you will find a lot of information getting your system up and going.

    You will have the runtimes, & the database on the same server. You can even have your development version on the server also.

    That sounds like the answer I'm looking for. I'll research TS on the forum

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  • turbojack
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    Re: Remote Desktop Application

    TS is the way to go. Once you set the system up you will want to change over all of your local users to use TS. When using TS the speed of A5 increases with a lot less network traffic. If you have a good internet connection the remote users will feel like they are at the office. I have been doing this for the last 3 years and it has Remade my life a lot easier.

    If you search this board on TS you will find a lot of information getting your system up and going.

    You will have the runtimes, & the database on the same server. You can even have your development version on the server also.

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  • martinwcole
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    Re: Remote Desktop Application

    note that when using T/S, the remote users are NOT shadowed.

    It is recommended to never put 2 questions in the same thread - but the answer, in general, is yes.

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  • Al Buchholz
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    Re: Remote Desktop Application

    Use remote dekstop (ie terminal services) and have the remote users connect and login in directly to the server.

    You'll need a server class machine and the server os with licensing.

    works great. - easy fast solution to your situation.

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  • Chuck Bytes
    started a topic Remote Desktop Application

    Remote Desktop Application

    This may not be a subject for this part of the forum, please redirect me if I should post somewhere else.

    When I first introduced the Alpha concept to this company, I told them about WEB vs Desktop. They insisted on desktop for various reasons.

    So now that the database is implemented and users are starting to populate, requests are coming in to grow the functionalities but.....they want remote access.

    Is there anyone on the board that is experienced in operating their desktop database remotely through the public network.

    We have a computer at work that retains the database and about 9 users accessing and updating with Runtime versions each having a mapped drive to the PC.
    There are about 5 more that want to access and update from remote locations, but can you map a virtual drive through the net ?

    I don't know anything about public networks and can't offer support.
    All I could suggest as an interim solution is remote desktop until we find a solution.

    When I ran Alpha 4 applicaiton back in the day (mid 90's) we used PC Anywhere with 25 access computers which all updated 1 database what a site that was. It worked great !!

    P.S.
    Is there an option for Alpha 5 v10 to import data. If user updates their data in some type of a spreadsheet, could a batch be written to update the database with new or modified data at the push of a button.
    Last edited by Chuck Bytes; 01-20-2010, 06:29 PM. Reason: addition to question
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