Can .NET do this?
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I've been playing with .NET quite a bit in my spare time just writing WinForm apps, playing with the new controls, classes and of course, learning C#. I started thinking about real world uses for .NET and my first instinct was how it might work at my company. Here's what I'm up against. I have a ton of 16-bit C++ MFC code here. I was hired in to get this code moved over to 32-bit and begin enhancing on the 32-bit side. We also have a "webmaster" here who's using Java to take bits and pieces and "webify" it. What I'm curious about is that the application we have is a fairly standard client/server application with an Informix database on the back end. We have a bunch of clients with special conditions that need to be accounted for as well. I guess my question is, is it going to be possible for me to take a client/server (in the old sense of the word) and make it something where I can have a Win32 (WinForm) application and use the same DLLs or modules and also build a web interface? How do I go about doing something like this. I'm thinking about putting together a proof of concept application together for my boss. Thanks. http://www.ratebeer.com
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I've been playing with .NET quite a bit in my spare time just writing WinForm apps, playing with the new controls, classes and of course, learning C#. I started thinking about real world uses for .NET and my first instinct was how it might work at my company. Here's what I'm up against. I have a ton of 16-bit C++ MFC code here. I was hired in to get this code moved over to 32-bit and begin enhancing on the 32-bit side. We also have a "webmaster" here who's using Java to take bits and pieces and "webify" it. What I'm curious about is that the application we have is a fairly standard client/server application with an Informix database on the back end. We have a bunch of clients with special conditions that need to be accounted for as well. I guess my question is, is it going to be possible for me to take a client/server (in the old sense of the word) and make it something where I can have a Win32 (WinForm) application and use the same DLLs or modules and also build a web interface? How do I go about doing something like this. I'm thinking about putting together a proof of concept application together for my boss. Thanks. http://www.ratebeer.com
Hi, Your DLLs will be able to be used in both Winforms and Webforms. The efficiency of the implementation depends on the how you use the DLLs. If you want to talk about it some more, I would need to know a little more about the application (client and server side) architecture. Cheers! Colin