Subject Re: Remote users
From Akshat Kapoor <akshat.kapoor@kapoorsons.in>
Date Fri, 31 Oct 2025 15:03:01 +0530
Newsgroups dbase.getting-started

Good Afternoon Steve, Ronnie,

>> Have more clients remoting in from home to run a Plus app.
>
> But you don't say how. VPN ? VNC ? Database Server Queries ?

I think someday I will have to start testing the VPN. But as usual one
gets lazy. Most probably it will be done when there is no other option left.

>
>
>> Anyone know of a way to tell programmatically whether a particular
>> user is running remotely?
>
> Interesting question . . .
>
>
>> I could ask them when they log in, but was hoping there might be
>> another way.
>
> Perhaps don't ask them, but as part of the log in (to your app) process
> you can pass some information from their environment, and store the
> result in a log table.

I was thinking over it. What if the user runs the plus app using anydesk
or team viewer.

There will never be any info of the remote user.

Regards
Akshat