am i mad ?

hi every one,
i dont know how practical my idea is. this is it.
i have a server application and a client application which i devoloped to work in a LAN. The server application runs in any one computer in the network, and the client application gets the parameters from the server application at run time.
now i think, will it work in internet ?
any one have any idea? we just need a server to run my server application (it is an .exe) . will any web server allow that ? or any substitutes ?
thanking you,
Shinu

Hi,

No, you are not mad.

It all depends on how you developed the C/S infrastructure. If you developed it so it uses winsock for communicating with the exe, yes you can make it work on the internet. If you have used COM (ActiveX Exe or DLL that is: createobject(server, object) syntax) then you are in for a rough ride. It might work, but given the sometimes long lines over the internet, your application may grind to a painfull pace.

It is very unlikely that your average hosting provider will alow executables running on their servers. You did not provide any details on the technology of the exe, if it is an ISAPI extention, then you are in totaly different areas. If it runs as a service, it is also another story. But I assume that it is just an exe that listens to a certain port. If that is the case, you don't really need a webserver at all, any machine that has an IP address on the internet can serve as the server for your exe.

Hope this helps a bit, any questions feel free to ask them.

Grtz.©

M.

thanks mythomep
you assumed well. it uses a winsock controle,which is set to listen a port. let me try that way.
shinu.

Hi,

Tell me when you got it working or not . If it doesn't work, feel free to ask questions.

Grtz.©

M.