At 04:59 PM 24/09/01, you wrote:
>I have a question regarding the limits of web applications.
>
>I sent out an e-mail requesting help for a problem with submitting multiple
>forms and the responses I am getting say I am nuts for trying to do such
>complicated application on the Web.
>
>My problem is that I work for a government agency that wants to take very
>complicated client server data entry and reporting applications (there are
>master/details that go three levels deep) and rewrite them for use on the
>web.
>
>In order to save money they want them to be similar enough to the
>client-server applications so that they will not have to retrain users. I
>am currently finishing up the first (and easiest) of these applications and
>have had not a few headaches and frustrations.
>
>My question is using technologies such as Java, Tomcat, JSP, and Tag
>Libraries, how realistic is it to expect to be able to develop complicated
>data entry forms with the same ease of use, precision, and stability as
>client server applications using such tools as Java Swing, PowerBuilder, VB
>or Oracle Developer? Are there tools that I am missing that would make
>this easier or is the web just not able to handle such sophisticated apps?
>Am I setting myself up for disaster?
Just out of interest, what's to stop you using a Swing applet?
Jim
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