[DUG] BDS2006 or Rad 2007 & the web

[Charlie]

I have both the BDS2006 & RAD 2007 versions of Delphi. I'm currently using
the BDS2006 version as I could never get the help feature to work with RAD
2007 for my windows order entry application. This application uses dBase
files. I'm also using the following 3rd party components: Infopower 2007,
AceReporter, JEDI, & SMImport. The customer is a small manufacturing company
which has a WinXP Pro peer-to-peer network, the workstations are mostly
WinXP with perhaps 1 or 2 Vista machines.

I need suggestions/recommendations with the following:

1)    I essentially have no database experience except for dBase, Paradox
and Access. If I eventually want to have this application so that customers
could enter orders on the web what do you recommend I consider for a
database

2)    My customer would like for his customers to be able to access the
application to determine the status of their orders. What have you found
that enables concurrent users to do this?

3)    Has anyone been able to take a Win32 application and make in work as a
web application? Where do I start? What version of Delphi do I use? What
database? Was the conversion process very time consuming and costly?

4)    I have tried viewing and studying the demos/examples that came with my
versions of Delphi to learn how to create a web application. I guess I'm
dense but I'm having a difficult time with these. A few months ago I had the
opportunity to work some with Visual Studio. I found tons of tutorial videos
and examples that help tremendously with the learning curve. I haven't found
that with the Delphi examples that I have. Does anyone have any
recommendations?

5)    All I am is a guy that always wanted to be a programmer but never
really had the opportunity to program day in and day out. So I'm always in
these huge learning curves. I sincerely appreciate any suggestions you can
give me.

Thank you so much,

Charlie

 

 

Charlie Kerscher

'A Magisterium Faithful Catholic'

Williamson GA

Cell: 770.468.1757

 

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