how to develop rich/think web applications

[Sinisa]

I am trying to create a "thick" application that will run through a
web browser. Something similar to the behaviour of Adobe or Word when
a PDF or DOC file is posted, the action opens the file in it's native
think tool all within a web browser. These examples are close to what
I am looking for, and the best one I have was a web site that had a
what looked like a rich windows form on a web page.

Essentially that is what I would like to do, but I do not know where
to start. I would like to be able to do this all within .NET.

If you know of any website, articles, books, or examples that
basically describe the behaiour of putting a "windows-like"
application onto the web.

Thank you in advance,
~Sinisa

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Sinisa,

If you want to do this in .NET, then you are better off creating a
"smart client" which will be downloaded from the web, and executed on the
local machine. However, all of the functionality is obtained by making
requests back to the server from which it came (usually in the form of web
services). You don't gain anything from being hosted in the browser, except
for more maintinence, more troubleshooting, etc, etc.

Also, with .NET 2.0 coming out, look out for ClickOnce, which will make
all of this much, much easier.

Hope this helps.
--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com

I am trying to create a "thick" application that will run through a
web browser. Something similar to the behaviour of Adobe or Word when
a PDF or DOC file is posted, the action opens the file in it's native
think tool all within a web browser. These examples are close to what
I am looking for, and the best one I have was a web site that had a
what looked like a rich windows form on a web page.

Essentially that is what I would like to do, but I do not know where
to start. I would like to be able to do this all within .NET.

If you know of any website, articles, books, or examples that
basically describe the behaiour of putting a "windows-like"
application onto the web.

Thank you in advance,
~Sinisa

[Frank Hileman]

Please see the previous thread titled "UserControls (Web/Win)" for more
information. What you are asking for is a .NET Control or UserControl
embedded in IE. This is equivalent to the old way of embedding an ActiveX
control in a web page. In MSDN these topics are under Internet Explorer
hosting or sourcing.

Regards,
Frank Hileman

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I am trying to create a "thick" application that will run through a
web browser. Something similar to the behaviour of Adobe or Word when
a PDF or DOC file is posted, the action opens the file in it's native
think tool all within a web browser. These examples are close to what
I am looking for, and the best one I have was a web site that had a
what looked like a rich windows form on a web page.

Essentially that is what I would like to do, but I do not know where
to start. I would like to be able to do this all within .NET.

If you know of any website, articles, books, or examples that
basically describe the behaiour of putting a "windows-like"
application onto the web.

Thank you in advance,
~Sinisa

[clintonG]

Hey Nicholas, do you know of any public facing Smart Client implementations
I could evaluate from
a user's point of view?
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Sinisa,

If you want to do this in .NET, then you are better off creating a
"smart client" which will be downloaded from the web, and executed on the
local machine. However, all of the functionality is obtained by making
requests back to the server from which it came (usually in the form of web
services). You don't gain anything from being hosted in the browser, except for more maintinence, more troubleshooting, etc, etc.

Also, with .NET 2.0 coming out, look out for ClickOnce, which will make all of this much, much easier.

Hope this helps.
--
- Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]
- mv*@spam.guard.caspershouse.com

I am trying to create a "thick" application that will run through a
web browser. Something similar to the behaviour of Adobe or Word when
a PDF or DOC file is posted, the action opens the file in it's native
think tool all within a web browser. These examples are close to what
I am looking for, and the best one I have was a web site that had a
what looked like a rich windows form on a web page.

Essentially that is what I would like to do, but I do not know where
to start. I would like to be able to do this all within .NET.

If you know of any website, articles, books, or examples that
basically describe the behaiour of putting a "windows-like"
application onto the web.

Thank you in advance,
~Sinisa

[Sinisa]

Thank you for your help guys. I noticed the other thread that was
regarding win controls (web/win) aswell. I think that with the help
should be able to atleast get started.