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Adam Lang wrote: > > Ok then, here is your big problem. > > For any type of scalability using a Windows machine, you will need to run > NT. actually you can run on the new xp, which runs the same basic kernel as NT, and you can always run NT workstation. We have also found 98 release 2 to be very stable. > > Then, you are going to need to have your main application run at all times > as a service. We've run our servers both ways. If the PC is in a secure location, and is used only for this service, it really isn't necessary to run it as a service. > Visual Basic can not make an application that runs as a service. You have > to use C++. (There IS a way to run a VB app as a service, but it is > unsupported and has severe memory issues.) That may have been true years ago, but we have lots of companies running our VB server software as a service under NT. There are a number of very good VB addons that will make it possible to run as a service. We write all of our servers to run either ways > Of course, this may be different with VB.Net. VB net is a joke. It's not VB. > I will think over it more and see if I can think of other issues ... not to > burst your bubble, but to help find possible hitches ... I assume that is > one reason you posted your idea to the list. Yes, thanks. -- Brad Jensen brad@elstore.com President Electronic Storage Corporation Tulsa OK USA 918-664-7276 LaserVault Report Retrieval & Data Mining www.Laservault.com www.eufrates.com - Add distance learning to your site with easy course preparation
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