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We wrote a vb6 app that queries a mainframe and displays
the results using MS Charts and Hierarchial Flexgrid.
works fine, everybody is happy.....now they want it
available over the net. We use FP2000 to build our
webpages. Can I ..how do I run the application from FP.
Hints will work (aim me in the right direction). Code
examples are even better.
These are usually very tough conversions.
First off, if you develop the app using ASP, the
programming language is VBScript, which is a much
different beast than VB6. If you choose ASP.NET,
the programming language is C# or VB.NET, and even
VB.NET is significantly different from VB6.
Second, you would have to draw your chart by writing an
ASP or ASP.NET page that emits a GIF or JPEG image. This
is significantly different than using MS Charts and
Hierarchical Flexgrid.
The easiest conversion would be to past your existing code
into a VB6 ActiveX project, compile and register the
ActiveX control, and add it to a Web page. But at that
point, you have a local app running in a browser window,
and not a true Web app. And it would only work in Windows
versions of IE.
Jim Buyens
Microsoft FrontPage MVP
http://www.interlacken.com
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