Visual Basic can communicate with Active Server Page (ASP) on the Internet Server site using Internet API calls. ASP can talk with any databases in the server side by ODBC or OLE DB provider using ADO, then pass data back to Visual Basic using XML or other data format.

Since Visual Basic provides a better developing tool for the user interface, therfore Visual Basic developes Internet applications faster.

Advantage

• This is an easy wasy to convert existing Visual Basic File Server applications to Internet applications
• Databases are over Server site. The database security is easier to set in the website
• To trace Security activities are easier, too
• No Intenet Browser Required
• No control download needed

Sample Applications

Paragon Data Suite Internet Image Viewer

Paragon Data Suite File Transfer Protocol

Paragon Data Suite Project

Summary