I have a lot more research to do on this. I'm kind of leaning to learning
VB, simply because, uh .... it's there. :-)
-- glm
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From: Jim Davis [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, January 03, 2004 12:00 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: RE: OT- making a windows based app
You could use the old "HTA" (HyperText Application) framework MS put out -
all of your functionality (DB access and such) would be done via script
and
COM objects. But all you're really building is a rather complex web page.
I would think that .NET would have something newer to replace this, but I
haven't seen it.
Jim Davis
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From: mayo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, January 02, 2004 11:53 AM
To: CF-Talk
Subject: OT- making a windows based app
A client would like for me to build a windows based app for him.
I have suggested that he keep it web-based but he insists that it
be available on unconnected desktops. He's even thinking about
selling it to customers.
The application is a catalogue of items. Selecting an item
will display information regarding that item. It does get fairly
involved but that is the essence of project.
-- This should be a stand alone app, ie: neither IIS nor apache
should have to be installed on the computer; and for security reasons
the db should not be in an easily accessable file where employees
could just download it.
-- The app will need to tie into a database. Access would do, about
20-30 tables, under 500,000 records. Users will not update the
database.
-- It would be loaded into a variety of stand-alone desktops.
-- It would have to be secure. Employees, and customers, should not be
able to readily download the data.
Does anybody have any idea. I'm wondering if VB is the way to go.
It may be beyond me but I would like to give it a shot.
thanks for any input,
-- gil
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