Subject Re: Connect via Telephone
Author apatri@inwind.it
Truly, very high level list.

Thanks to Kevin and Lester

Tony.

--- In IBObjects@y..., lester@l... wrote:
> > What I would recommend is an Asta/IBO combination.
www.astatech.com
>
> Why? IBO will run quite happily and faster direct into the remote
> server.
>
> > I did some testing with 49K connection and a 24K connection and
got very
> > reasonable response times. This was a dialup situation in
Dallas, TX to the
> > internet, going to my office's server which is on a DSL
connection. I was
> > getting if not 1 second response time, then it wasn't much more.
>
> It does depend on the type of connection - direct dial-up can give
some
> very good responces.
>
> > Again, you
> > have to be very careful what you're pulling down from the server
to your
> > client.
>
> The key is design. SchemaCache helps by keeping metadata local to
the
> client.
> Any information that is not variable, or can be downloaded at the
start
> of a session can also be worthwhile. It depends on what you are
trying
> to do as to responce time, but get the server to do the work and
keep
> the answers (i.e. Grids) to a minimum unless you really have to.
>
> --
> Lester Caine
> -----------------------------
> L.S.Caine Electronic Services