Programming for thin client

karthi84

Hi All, I am a .Net programmer. I have a few questions regarding programming for Thin Client Machines. I dont have any explosure to thin client machines so i am in need of experts advice on this. 1. Is it possible to program for a Thin Client Machine using .Net technology with language as C# 2. Is there any special option in .net for this 3. Where can i get a sample Thin Client Application / Tutorials using .Net Language Thanks & Regards Karthikeyan S

thatraja

There is no special option or something in .NET, Basically they defined the minimum requirements for application/framework, so you should need the requirements for your application. Follow the links for more details... .NET Framework System Requirements[^] Visual Studio .NET Hardware Requirements[^] Visual Studio Hardware Requirements[^]

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karthi84

Hi, Thanks for a quick reply... Will it be possible to run a windows application on a thin client which is connected to the database in a thin client server. Will it also support a web applications. Sorry if my question seems silly as i dont have any exposure to thin clients Thanks & Regards Karthikeyan S

thatraja

karthi84 wrote:

Will it be possible to run a windows application on a thin client which is connected to the database in a thin client server. Will it also support a web applications.

If it matches or greater than with minimum requirements of application then Yes. But the issue is you can't expect the speed, performance or something using thin client or server in Low H/W configuration. That's all.

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Goutam Patra

Thin client doesn’t have any Hard disk. It only connects to a server through Terminal Server Service. It shares all resources of the Terminal Server. So any program you are executing through a thin client actually it has been executed in your server. So if a program executes in your server then that will also be executed at your thin client. Dont worry about it.

karthi84

thank you for your valuable ideas. Now i got some idea about thin client with this i can run further.

karthi84

thank you for your valuable ideas. Now i got some idea about thin client with this i can run further. :thumbsup:

Jacob D Dixon

Actually some thin clients do come with "hard disk". More like a flash drive... Only about 1gb (depends) which some of it is used for the OS (some come with like Windows XP Embedded, some come with other OS). You can install the .NET Framework and other applications as long as they don't exceed the amount of space. Of course you want to be careful with how much memory you use. Take a look at http://h20000.www2.hp.com/bizsupport/TechSupport/Document.jsp?lang=en&cc=us&objectID=c01716415&jumpid=reg\_R1002\_USEN It can have up to 2gb flash memory

Jeff Connelly

"Thin client" can have different connotations, depending on the context and who you're talking to. For example, I do not immediately assume no hard disk when I hear thin client. Just degrees of service. For example wikipedia sez: "Traditionally, a thin client ran a full operating system for the purposes of connecting to other computers. A newer trend is sometimes called an ultra-thin client or a zero client, which no longer runs a full operating system: the kernel instead merely initializes the network, begins the networking protocol, and handles display of the server's output." There is nothing related to .NET or C# that would preclude generic thin client apps. For some, this could be a form of any distributed 2-tier or n-tier system. And certainly .NET has a good framework for that. Communications will have to occur somehow, and .NET supports WCF for example, so I don't know if that's what you mean by "special option".

LLambert

I would recommend looking at Silverlight. http://www.silverlight.net. This subset of .Net and WPF can run on a pretty thin client including Macs. It is very restrictive though when it comes to security. You need to get permission from the user if you wish to access things like the file system. Hope this helps. Leon Lambert

Leon Lambert