Forum Post: AW: WebClient and external files

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Hi Paul, in principle all that should be possible. The AppServer will need to pass your image files to the client either through BLOB fields in temp-tables or RAW fields. Not sure what structure the external applications have that you need to call. But you should wrap this into an AppServer call as well. I personally always prefer to use AppServer programs to pass these resources through. The biggest advantage I see is the centralized management of access control in your AppServer application, logging and tracing and error handling capabilities and not a mix of Windows configuration and application settings. Furthermore, the AppServer works will via Internet, the WebClient is perfect for distributed users. UNC drives are counter-productive in these environments.

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