"Tina" <tinamseaburn@nospammeexcite.com> wrote in message
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>I have been developing ASP.Net apps for over three years now. I've only
> done a couple of forms apps in .Net back when I was first learning .Net.
> (I've done lots of forms apps in Delphi before .Net) I recall reading at
> that time that a major feature of .Net was that we would be able to write
> "Smart Client" applications that would be Forms apps that would be small
> and
> xcopy down to the client machine and execute while communicating to the
> database back on the server. They would not be security threats because
> they would operate within various defined permission levels. This would
> be
> the best of both worlds.
>
> Did that come true? I'm guessing that if it did, nobody would be writing
> ASP apps anymore, but I'm posting this message to try to get a high level
> read on how that technology is working out.
>
> Can someone help me out?
>
> Regards,
> T
>
>

"Lebesgue" <lebesgue@gmail.com> wrote in message
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> Yes, you're right. Clickonce that came with .NET 2.0 works exactly as you
> described - xcopy no touch deployment, defined permission levels, plus
> optional automatic updates, all with the comfort of a winform application.
> Read http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/04/05/ClickOnce/ or google
> for clickonce, you will find a lot of useful information.
>
> "Tina" <tinamseaburn@nospammeexcite.com> wrote in message
> news:uB6Z7OlZGHA.3992@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>I have been developing ASP.Net apps for over three years now. I've only
>> done a couple of forms apps in .Net back when I was first learning .Net.
>> (I've done lots of forms apps in Delphi before .Net) I recall reading at
>> that time that a major feature of .Net was that we would be able to write
>> "Smart Client" applications that would be Forms apps that would be small
>> and
>> xcopy down to the client machine and execute while communicating to the
>> database back on the server. They would not be security threats because
>> they would operate within various defined permission levels. This would
>> be
>> the best of both worlds.
>>
>> Did that come true? I'm guessing that if it did, nobody would be writing
>> ASP apps anymore, but I'm posting this message to try to get a high level
>> read on how that technology is working out.
>>
>> Can someone help me out?
>>
>> Regards,
>> T
>>
>>
>
>

"Tina" <tinamseaburn@nospammeexcite.com> wrote in message
news:O$UcXzyZGHA.3304@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> Lebesgue,
> Thanks. That is exactly what I was looking for. It doesn't sound like it
> would be vialble for external web sites until Microsoft packages the .Net
> framework into windows. Maybe it will be in Vista?
>
> Anyway, I'm going through the docs. Hope there are no big catches in the
> technology.
> T
>
> "Lebesgue" <lebesgue@gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:uR5OtUmZGHA.1200@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>> Yes, you're right. Clickonce that came with .NET 2.0 works exactly as you
>> described - xcopy no touch deployment, defined permission levels, plus
>> optional automatic updates, all with the comfort of a winform
>> application.
>> Read http://msdn.microsoft.com/msdnmag/issues/04/05/ClickOnce/ or google
>> for clickonce, you will find a lot of useful information.
>>
>> "Tina" <tinamseaburn@nospammeexcite.com> wrote in message
>> news:uB6Z7OlZGHA.3992@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>I have been developing ASP.Net apps for over three years now. I've only
>>> done a couple of forms apps in .Net back when I was first learning .Net.
>>> (I've done lots of forms apps in Delphi before .Net) I recall reading
>>> at
>>> that time that a major feature of .Net was that we would be able to
>>> write
>>> "Smart Client" applications that would be Forms apps that would be small
>>> and
>>> xcopy down to the client machine and execute while communicating to the
>>> database back on the server. They would not be security threats because
>>> they would operate within various defined permission levels. This would
>>> be
>>> the best of both worlds.
>>>
>>> Did that come true? I'm guessing that if it did, nobody would be
>>> writing
>>> ASP apps anymore, but I'm posting this message to try to get a high
>>> level
>>> read on how that technology is working out.
>>>
>>> Can someone help me out?
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>> T
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>