Hello, I have developed a system of general registers for some clients, this system is developed in Delphi, very simple, however it is installed locally on each machine. Since a while ago I had the opportunity to see and experience a management system developed by a company that does not remember the name, what caught my attention in this system was that it was not installed on the machine, it was just an icon that opened a connection to a kind of remote virtual machine, that is, every system was hosted on the servers of the company that created it. I would like to know if anyone has the idea of how I can do this with my system, or if I have knowledge of the technology that such a company could be using (I'm not talking WEB system). Thank you!
Access remote access system
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You could create the application having a communication API, all logic would be on the central server and on the client you would only have a graphical interface that sends commands via the network using sockets . Basically reiveintar all the wheels already ready of a web system; (
Another idea more similar to what you mentioned is to use some remote server control protocol, such as VNC . The application would be done by default, but would be installed exclusively on the server, you would access it remotely to use it, so for all purposes it would be as if you were using the application locally. Depending on how you do it is even possible that multiple users can open the app in parallel without any problem.
Search and look for SQL server. you will find everything you need. You can program the interface in any language you want! But it does require a little study on the database.