Run a win32 app remotely?
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Hi guys, The following question I have is not directly a problem I’m having but rather a solution that I’m looking for. I have a win32 application written in .NET 2.0, basically a forms over data applications sending data back and forth to a SQL Server 2005 database. Now, our clients do not want to remote desktop to the server where the application and SQL server resides on, but rather be able to have user have like a client sitting on their local machines accessing the .exe application remotely. I don’t know if that is possible in the first place, so basically I’m looking for a solution where my users will be able to run the win32 application remotely without having to be on the physical server i.e. remote desktop to it. Has anybody out here faced a similar challenge before? I hope I make sense and hope to get your feedback soon. Thanks. R
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Hi guys, The following question I have is not directly a problem I’m having but rather a solution that I’m looking for. I have a win32 application written in .NET 2.0, basically a forms over data applications sending data back and forth to a SQL Server 2005 database. Now, our clients do not want to remote desktop to the server where the application and SQL server resides on, but rather be able to have user have like a client sitting on their local machines accessing the .exe application remotely. I don’t know if that is possible in the first place, so basically I’m looking for a solution where my users will be able to run the win32 application remotely without having to be on the physical server i.e. remote desktop to it. Has anybody out here faced a similar challenge before? I hope I make sense and hope to get your feedback soon. Thanks. R
You have two choices. You can either run the application on each clients machine and the app can connect to the SQL database over TCP/IP, or you can run the application remotely using something like Terminal Services[^] or a Citrix[^] box.
Dave Kreskowiak Microsoft MVP Visual Developer - Visual Basic
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Hi guys, The following question I have is not directly a problem I’m having but rather a solution that I’m looking for. I have a win32 application written in .NET 2.0, basically a forms over data applications sending data back and forth to a SQL Server 2005 database. Now, our clients do not want to remote desktop to the server where the application and SQL server resides on, but rather be able to have user have like a client sitting on their local machines accessing the .exe application remotely. I don’t know if that is possible in the first place, so basically I’m looking for a solution where my users will be able to run the win32 application remotely without having to be on the physical server i.e. remote desktop to it. Has anybody out here faced a similar challenge before? I hope I make sense and hope to get your feedback soon. Thanks. R
You wouldn't be able "run" the application, however the client app could interact with the server by using .NET Remoting or possibly creating web services on the server to interact with (no you don't necessarily need IIS, you can host the WS within your application).
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