[jkblaze]

Say on my site i have a forum like phpBB or Invision on my site is it possible to have like a really low tech forum with just the ablity to read the BBcode and stuff from the forum like the text formatting and that to run off the same database so members are the same and such like so itnwill read the posts still. the reason for this is some software im having im on about having a support forum on the site and then integrate a forum into the design like you would use an I-frame accept there not that friendly
but with the interface been small im on about a basic forum with basic functions to be inside the program and will read posts from the main forum which is on the website
so the user doesnt have to go on the website to the main forum they can just use it from the program but without as many features.

[ermau]

If you mean have a piece of software that can read the messages from the same DB as phpBB or Invision, then the answer would be yes, you just need to befamiliar with the formats/db used for the main software.

[jkblaze]

not so sure what your getting at but it might be a forum inside some software. and im wanting to know if its possible

[NeverMind]

Originally Posted by jkblaze

not so sure what your getting at but it might be a forum inside some software. and im wanting to know if its possible

everything is possible in php ...
you can integrate anything inside anything

[jkblaze]

well the program will be in visual basic but the forum will be online somewere and to fit into the size of the program we will probably have a forum with basic look and not that big in size. on the site i am wanting the same posts and things but a different type of forum like invision or phpBB

[Addict]

Originally Posted by jkblaze

well the program will be in visual basic but the forum will be online somewere and to fit into the size of the program we will probably have a forum with basic look and not that big in size. on the site i am wanting the same posts and things but a different type of forum like invision or phpBB

So you're saying an external windows application that can read the forum as if it were viewed via a web browser?

The answer is yes. It can be done. Its a matter of basically fetching the pages and displaying to your liking. VB6 has the internet control and vb.ne has sockets. vb.net would be the ideal way to go.