General Discussion About Successfully Implementing WinForms Apps

[Guest]

I'd like to initiate a general discussion about implementing WinForms apps on
computers that one may never have access to.

I've initiated an Alpha version of a WinForms app. On all of my Windows
test machines it runs fine. On the machines of some of my Alpha testers, it
run fines. But some Alpha testers are experiencing strange problems.

I realize that my quandary is open-ended but I'd like to hear from others
who have released WinForms .Net apps before me. What are some of the key
things that were causing problems on some of the machines they were tested on?

 

[Jared]

-users who install windows into different drive to c:
-installing previous build by getting debug and release mixed up
-using winXP home with no service packs
-the user will use software in ways that are different from your testing and
this is where any problems you have will show and cause headaches

 

[Guest]

Excellent points, Jared. Thank you!

 

[Robbe Morris [C# MVP]]

Are you using Click Once to deliver your app?
You don't say which version of Visual Studio .NET
you are using...

 

[Guest]

Right now I'm just using the standard Setup facility that comes with VS 2003.
I'm not clear that this is a setup issue though but rather one of Windows
machines that have gone awry for one reason or another.

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Robert W.
Vancouver, BC
www.mwtech.com

 

[Kevin Spencer]

run fines. But some Alpha testers are experiencing strange problems.

If you went to a Doctor and told him that you were "experiencing strange
problems," what would his diagnosis be?

Perhaps you could elaborate a wee bit.

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HTH,

Kevin Spencer
Microsoft MVP
Professional Development Numbskull

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