On Tue, Oct 4, 2011 at 11:07 AM, Ed Leafe <[email protected]> wrote: > With a desktop app that uses an internet-based data server, if the > data "suddenly disappears", the app will not work. With a desktop app that > calls a web service to get the data, if the web service "suddenly > disappears", the app will not work. > > It seems to me that both have the same potential weak link: an > internet connection. In the case of a failure of that connection, the app > will be dead in the water. -------------
That is the SAP method today and that seems to be working all over the world. You put in handlers for downed connections, just like they do at your bank. ;-> -- Stephen Russell 901.246-0159 cell _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/cajidmyjyesr_imnmbjh4qwi6ntl+o+u2id-bpnofjn9fskb...@mail.gmail.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
