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Switching real-time orders in .NET

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by tinus 1 view

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Hi,
I need to convert our VB6 real-time order system to .NET We run a couple of retail outlets that re-order stock automatically per line item as needed in real-time. In VB we used a FTP system.
What resources are available in .NET to do this job.
Any suggestions would be appreciated.

Regards,

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by tony hopkinson

Personally I'd look at a webservice to accept reorder requests, given you are saying the remote unit 'calculates' a reorder requirement(s) and then punches over a file of them now to process. Instead send an xml document to a reordering service.

Big benefot is you can leave all your current suff alone, or even run in parallel to another db / table so you can check it's all golden without disrupting current operations.

by tinus

Thanks for your reply, Tony.

Man, do you have pointers to a kickstart for webservices?
I have been thumbling on the net for information but failed to retreive a big picture of how to do webservices? I mean the client and server side with monitoring, reports, management, security and all that.

by tony hopkinson

wcf web service quickstart

in google found a few. Course all the stuff you want is not quick. :(

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