[AccessD] Web based Project

Thanks Steve,

Do users access via direct dial or the internet?

Can users print out the reports on their own printers?

David

At 23/09/2003, you wrote:
>Consider Citrix.  You can keep your entire application in Access (or upgrade
>the BE to SQL Server when the size grows too big).  Users around the world
>download a small client on their machine, and access your system via remote
>control.  They don't even need Access installed.   Don't need an expensive
>machine.  All the processing activity happens at the server, so the speed is
>good.  Web based databases are nice but cost a lot of money, and in the end
>you  can't really reproduce many of the cool things we come to expect from a
>LAN based application.  If you want a referral to a good Citrix vendor, let
>me know.
>
>Steve Capistrant
>Symphony Information Services
>scapistrant at symphonyinfo.com
>www.symphonyinfo.com
>
>
>-----Original Message-----
>From: accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com
>[mailto:accessd-bounces at databaseadvisors.com]On Behalf Of David Emerson
>Sent: Tuesday, September 23, 2003 5:44 PM
>To: accessd at databaseadvisors.com
>Subject: [AccessD] Web based Project
>
>
>Group,
>
>Over the past 3 years we have developed a database in Access 97 that
>basically accepts user input, runs some basic calculations and prints
>reports.  There are about 50 screens and 230 reports.  The users (about 20
>- could rise to about 100 in two years) are all on stand alone machines
>spread throughout the USA.  They are the only ones that would normally
>access their client records.  Currently there are about 5,000 client
>records in total but this could rise in the next two years to 50,000.
>
>My client now wants to put it onto the web so that updates can be done
>easier and in one place (rather than needing to be distributed each
>time).  Users can then access it through the Internet, add/change their
>client data and run off their reports.  This is not a big corporate so
>budget is an issue.
>
>The client also doesn't have an IT department so the maintenance of any web
>server would be outsourced.
>
>I only have experience in Access (97/XP) and SQL2000.  I have not done
>anything with web based databases.
>
>My questions -
>
>1) What options for an interface do I have using an Access or SQL back end?
>
>2) Is there another option for the BE that might be better?
>
>Regards
>
>David Emerson
>DALYN Software Ltd
>25b Cunliffe St, Johnsonville
>Wellington, New Zealand
>Ph/Fax (877) 456-1205
>
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