So I write apps that run over the internet as desktop applications.
On 30/06/2009, at 10:56 AM, Roger Clary wrote:
Could you elaborate a bit on this? In what language are these
written?
What sort of server set up is needed to run an app as a desktop
application?
Kim Kohen wrote:
I'd guess RB. I think Rick means he just connects via the Internet
to a server from his desktop client.
We do the same thing here to access our office dbs. We connect via
IP address to the server from wherever we are running the RB client
as a desktop application.
That's right, thank you Kim. Sorry for any confusion. Many clients
only know of applications that run in web browsers as a way of working
over the internet. They have never heard of a desktop app that can
connect to a database over the internet. So I should have known to be
clearer.
I write apps that interact with MySQL servers hosted online.
For example, a cash register will create a record over the internet on
a MySQL connection and populate it with the appropriate data.
The credit card authorization is done at an authorize.net gateway
using an RB socket.
The database connection is done with the database class.
The application has the speed of being on the local machine and
therefore loads screens quickly and consistently.
Rick
Rick Praetzel
Desert Sand Software
www.desertsandsoftware.com
RB 2008r5.1 Dual 2.5 GHz G5, 5GB RAM, OSX 10.5.7
MesaMySQL database browser/editor
MesaSQLite database browser/editor
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