.Net packaging/wrapper application?

[jim]

Well, you are welcome to your own opinion. Sounds like you want to stay
5-10 years behind the curve. I have no problem with that. As I mentioned
in your other thread, Delphi will be great for you.


Well, I guess that depends on what you mean by "intense work". Virus
scanning is probably not an ideal candidate for a web app (though many web
sites do offer it via an ActiveX control or some such), but I would
maintain that you can write very complex and useful applications for the
web. QuickBooks Online is a pretty good example.


Web based software is fine for most stuff - especially if you want to be
able to use it from anywhere, and from any OS, and if you don't want to
install anything, and you want your data backed up by the vendor, and you
have multiple users in remote locations around the world, and........

I suppose there are simply gonna be trade-offs depending on what you value
most.

The web apps offer portability, no install at all, and reach. The desktop
apps offer faster UIs (unless it is .Net - like in Symantec's case), the
ability to do low level stuff and better graphics capabilities.

I am looking into Adobe Air also. It seems to me that Microsoft missed the
boat with Click and Run apps when they locked down the functionality based
on where the .Net app was launched from.

I predict that this internet thing is gonna be big.......

Probably. People will fall for most anything.

jim

 

[Scott Roberts]

I suppose there are simply gonna be trade-offs depending on what you value
most.

That is 100% true. Use the right tool for the job.

I am looking into Adobe Air also. It seems to me that Microsoft missed
the boat with Click and Run apps when they locked down the functionality
based on where the .Net app was launched from.

MS is trying to balance security and functionality. In the past they favored
ease of use over security and enterprise users (and journalists, and linux
enthusiasts) have pointed fingers all along the way. Now they are focusing
on security and hobbyists and freelancers are upset. You can't please all of
the people all of the time.

Probably. People will fall for most anything.

True again.

 

[Homer J. Simpson]

This means that your potential customer that is still on dial-up, the

25+MB .Net framework may never get downloaded so your apps are worthless
to them.

I don't know the details of Thinstall and/or Xenocode, I've only been
reading through this thread, but for this particular point to actually
support your position, you'd have to have your one-EXE program include:
- your app's own code
- the Thinstall/Xenocode code
- the .NET framework

....and all of these components together somehow would have to result in a
single file that's smaller than the 25MB .NET framework on its own...is that
correct?

And then as soon as you have another application that also uses
Thinstall/Xenocode, it would also have to include the same components
internally. IOW, a copy of .NET is wrapped up in every single application.

Please tell me this is not how it works.