I agree with Paul but you should also consider whether or not you want to be
able to access this admin app from outside the offfice. Unless you are going
to be remotley connecting via remote desktop or some other means, it would
be wise to think about how frequent you will need to be connected to it from
outside. As long as you set up the security options right, you shouldn't
have problems with a secure authentication model. Another point you should
consider is once you create this application as a windows app, you will be
only able to use a windows machine to run it whiles with the a web based
app, you can use an machine with an internet connection and a web browser.
--Papanii
"Paul Henderson" <pa***********@pittville.demon.co.uk> wrote in message
news:11*********************@z14g2000cwz.googlegro ups.com...
I will be developing an ecommerce store solution in asp.net and c#
shortly. My Qn is about the store admin account. Does the store
administration need to be a web based app or can I develop it in c# as
a windows form application.
There's no real reason why you can't use a regular C# application to
administer the site (this tends to be more secure as the administration
can only be done by those with access to the program). You'd need to
store your data in a shared location (most probably a SQL Server
database) which both can access; it'd also probably be advisable to put
shared low-level components in a separate assembly referenced by both
the site and administration tool.
