ajfish@blueyonder.co.uk (Andy Fish) wrote in message news:<c925c3dc.0309290628.736e068c@posting.google.com>...
> Hi,
>
> I have a web-based application and some of the UI I want to
> incorporate is just too complicated for javascript. Instead of using a
> Java Applet, I would like to have the user download a .net assembly
> containing a form and run that in a browser.
>
> I'm happy for the form to run in an applet-like sandbox (cannot write
> to local hard disk, can only talk to the server it came from etc).
> What I don't want is for the user to have to install an application
> (which is then shown in add/remove programs) or for the user to have
> to tweak some complex .net security settings for it to work.
>
> I get the impression from reading the high-level .net documentation
> that this is what it's designed for, but most of the .net-based
> downloads I can find are for full installing executables.
>
> I tried wahoo from www.sellsbrothers.com but even that comes with a
> whole screenfull of small print about how it runs with full trust
> permissions (and I still couldn't get it to work). Anyhow, the link is
> to an exe file so how is a user supposed to trust a .exe download?
>
> I'd really appreciate any examples of this kind of modus operandi, or
> documentation/discussion on how it's supposed to work and whether it
> actually does so
>
> Many thanks in advance
>