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Server Design Considerations and Limitations

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There are many critical issues to consider in server design. Certain behaviors, processes, and limitations can determine the effectiveness of your server application.

In This Section

  • Selecting Process Types
    Discusses the different services provided by in-process and out-of-process servers, and what effect they have on the user interface of your application.

  • Controlling Call Blocking
    Describes how SingleUse Objects and Apartment-model threading can be used to control issues of call blocking and enhance the scalability of your applications.

  • Selecting a Run-Time Library
    Provides information on using Visual FoxPro API calls, scalability issues, reentrancy, and resource contention.

  • Language Supported in Run-Time Libraries
    Discusses Visual FoxPro commands, functions, and system variables that are not supported in the multithreaded Visual FoxPro run-time library.

  • VFP9T.DLL Run-Time Library
    Discusses this multithreaded run time that helps eliminate the blocking issues associated with the main Visual FoxPro run-time library.

  • Automation and COM Servers
    Describes how to you can extend the functionality of your Visual FoxPro applications without a lot of extra coding time by using Automation and COM Servers.

  • Automation Server Programming Notes
    Describes where you can find additional information on writing automation servers.

  • Interoperability and the Internet
    Provides links to information on how you can move data between Visual FoxPro and other applications as well as within Visual FoxPro applications.