In a message dated 8/14/00 8:57:50 PM Central Daylight Time,
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> Subj:       Re: [PCBUILD] Invoking Network Programmes
>  Date:    8/14/00 8:57:50 PM Central Daylight Time
>  From:    [log in to unmask] (Peter Shkabara)
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>  If you are only connected to the other machine's shared drive, then it is
>  only sending a copy of the program file to your machine - indeed, the
>  program runs on your machine. To run on the remote computer, you would have
>  to take control of that computer by accessing it using some remote control
>  program. Examples of this would include PC-Anywhere (form Symantec) which
>  gives you full graphic control. Cytrix also has remote operation with
>  graphic interface (you get a window on your computer that shows the exact
>  screen display of the remote).
>
>  Text based control can be achieved using telnet, or one of several other
>  remote control programs. The key here is that the remote computer has to be
>  running some remote access software, and you need the client side of the
>  software on your own computer. If no such software has been installed, then
>  you cannot run a program on the other computer just because it is connected
>  to the network.
>
>  Hope this helps.
>
>  Peter Shkabara
>  _____________
Isn't it correct that with both graphic-based and text-based remote control
programs the remote computer must be running a host version and your computer
must be running a client version of the same software?  If that is correct,
then, the remote control function can go only in one predictable direction
unless and until the programs on the two computers are reversed.  In our
activities using pcANYWHERE, we have found this a substantial inconvenience.
We addressed this by duplicating the unit at each location.
Tommy Holmes, Jr.
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