RemoteDataBar V1.0.0
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Overview
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RemoteDataBar is an ActiveX control that lets applications access data
stored in a remote OLE DB (ADO) data source.  It allows you to bind
controls at design time (or run time) to a data source "over the web".
The protocols supported are HTTP, HTTPS, and DCOM.  Compared to other
data source objects that either require a direct database connection
over a local network (and consume expensive database resources), can
only be bound to controls on an HTML page, or require extensive
client-side setup, RemoteDataBar is simple to install and use, has
sophisticated multi-user features, and is highly scalable in an
enterprise environment.

An associated ActiveX DLL provides unbound access to data through ADO
recordsets, SQL queries, and stored procedures.


These components have been tried and tested in a major pharmaceutical
company, and have been successful for many months now. Built upon the
latest Microsoft technologies, they are ideal to use from any
environment that supports ActiveX controls and components, such as
Visual Basic. 


Requirements
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Server
	MS Windows NT 4.0
	MS Internet Information Server 3.0 or later (if HTTP[s] will
	  be used)
	MS Transaction Server
	MDAC 2.0 or later (available from
	  http://www.microsoft.com/data/download.htm)

Client
	MS Windows NT 4.0 (Workstation) or Windows 95/98
	MDAC 2.0 or later client components (included with
	  Internet Explorer 5.0; otherwise you'll need to download it
	  from http://www.microsoft.com/data/download.htm and install
	  on the clients)


Development Environment
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RemoteDataBar has been tested in Visual Basic versions 5 and 6.


Installation Notes
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Run Server.exe to extract the server setup files on the server machine.
Then run setup.exe to install the required server components.

Run Client.exe to extract the client setup files on the client machine.
Then run setup.exe to install the client components.  CAB files will be
made available shortly for distribution of the client components via
internet download.


Contact
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The URL for RemoteDataBar is
http://www.interlog.com/~dansari/RemoteDataBar.htm (case sensitive).

Please contact Daniel Ansari Consulting, Inc. at dansari@interlog.com
for any enquiries relating to this software.