I'm a huge fan of windows forms apps. However, in this case I have to ask why you are even bothering with one? If the form is as simple as you say, and you have to maintain a web version anyway, why bother with a windows forms app at all?
Or perhaps conversely, why bother with a web app at all? :-) Pete ___________________________________________________________________ Pete Brown - Lead Systems Architect, MCSD 5, 6; MCAD .NET Applied Information Sciences, Inc. - Greenbelt, MD Personal Site: http://www.irritatedVowel.com (.net, wallpaper, games, model railroading, birds, photography) -----Original Message----- From: Moderated discussion of advanced .NET topics. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Seref Arikan Sent: Tuesday, April 20, 2004 11:22 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [ADVANCED-DOTNET] Using a common form for web and windows-based application. Well, I'm certainly aware of the differences between local apps and HTML. The ONLY capability i want to use is to display a form for data entry. That's all. No data validation on client side, no fancy user interfaces, they're as simple as they can be (call it exteremely idiotic if you want). My business logic is responsible for any kind of processing on data. I just want to get rid of design and design maintanence issues. Assume you have a business logic, and you have a web interface, and a thick client. For any change in GUI, you have to update GUI for both windows app and web app, and you have to deploy thick client and web client. Now, if i could store the GUI definition somewhere (maybe DB..) in a clear format, and if my clients were designed to generate gui from this definiton automatically. Without any deployment issues at the front end, i'd be able to update GUI by simply changing the definition. Now think about an application with thousands of forms (yes thousands) , which needs to be updated from time to time. The gain from this kind of automation is very important for me. In this context, i just prefer the ability to easily uptade a simple GUI to "nice but pain in the neck to update" GUI. Please consider that i need the gui for the most basic functionality. =================================== This list is hosted by DevelopMentorŪ http://www.develop.com Some .NET courses you may be interested in: NEW! Guerrilla ASP.NET, 17 May 2004, in Los Angeles http://www.develop.com/courses/gaspdotnetls View archives and manage your subscription(s) at http://discuss.develop.com
