Network - Running A Standalone Application From A Network Server

[John Miller]

Greetings All,

I have written a standalone estimation package for our company using 
Revolution. About a half dozen people use the program. We tried putting 
the app on the company server, but it runs awfully slow. This whole 
process raises several questions:

1. Can a standalone stack, running on a server, actually be used by 
more than 1 person at a time without problems?

2. Related Question: When somebody opens this stack on the server. Is 
it actually running on the stack, or does the program run on the 
indivual's computer?

3. Related Question: When a person is working on an estimation project, 
all the values for that project are temporarily stored in various 
fields within revolution. This info is later saved on a server as a 
text file. Am I correct in assuming that if more than 1 person is 
running the app off the server, if indeed this is possible, that it 
could create quite a mess?

4. Related Question: Since this is a new program, I am coming up with a 
new version at least twice a week. If having several people running the 
stack off the server is not possible, is there a way to quickly update 
the stack on everybody's individual computers with a newer version?

I hope all this makes sense.

Kind regards,
John Miller