Question Hosting a windows form application online.

[jmon117]

Hey guys. I have a rather large application developed in visual basic, and I was wondering if there was a way to host it online using 1 of the 2 following methods.

1. Just host the application in a browser window. People could go to my website, use the application and save the work they at have done.

2. Have a client application that constantly updated whenever a change was made to the server-side one, and users could change the client one and save it to the server-side one.

Are either of these possible, and if so how would i go about doing them. Also right now my form doesn't save changes made to it, so I need to somehow make that happen.

 

[Dunfiddlin]

No and no. Windows forms applications rely on the .NET framework installed on the local computer. The code will have to be rewritten for the web environment.

 

[JohnH]

Deploying with ClickOnce in "online only" mode may be an option for you, it has built in auto-update options too.

 

[Dunfiddlin]

Is click once deployment possible from the full VS? If so, how?

 

[JohnH]

Is click once deployment possible from the full VS? If so, how?

ClickOnce is included in all VS editions: How to: Publish a ClickOnce Application using the Publish Wizard