Deployment Question

[ion]

Hi,

I am currently in the process of designing a C# database application. I am
wondering if there is a way I could create the front end to be run by an
application server and have the client point to it. I am looking of having
between 3 to 5 concurrent users. It will be using MSDE as the backend. I
am hoping to have the front end on the db because this application will be
upgraded heavily after the first release. Is this viable? Or should I just
install it on each client?

Thanks

 

[Dmitriy Lapshin [C# / .NET MVP]]

Hi,

I am currently in the process of designing a C# database application. I am
wondering if there is a way I could create the front end to be run by an
application server and have the client point to it.

I think an ASP .NET application would be the best choice for this scenario.

am hoping to have the front end on the db because this application will be
upgraded heavily after the first release. Is this viable? Or should I just
install it on each client?

You can also deploy a Windows Forms application to a share on the network.
The users will then run the application from the network share, so you will
have only one copy of the application to maintain. This will incur security
issues however, as applications run from a network are given much less
permissions. This can be resolved by strong-naming your application and
configuring the enterprise security policy to grant appropriate permission
to a code group identified by the strong name.