No-Touch App Database switch...

[Guest]

I have an existing application that is deployed to 100 desktops using no-touch deployment
There is a shortcut on their desktop that points to a URL on my web server. The application consumes a web service which access a database that is also on the same server

Here's the problem
I need to change the database that the application points to. The new database is on the same local network as the users, but there's no web server. Is it possible to continue to use my web server to distribute the .exe, but get it to point to a different database server on a different network?
I've tried, and I get a Access denied error message. Is this due to the fact that a no-touch app can only access the domain from which it was executed

I realize this is a complicated question. Please feel free to ask me for more details

Any help would be greatly appreciated...................../mik

 

[Ikal Tarub]

Try lowering the dotnet security settings on one of the desktop where the
app is running, if it runs then you are right in assumption that "a no-touch
app can only access the domain from which it was executed" otherwise use the
AppUpdater component that actually "downloads" the app to the workstation,
therefore running it inside the user's security context.

I have an existing application that is deployed to 100 desktops using no-touch deployment.
There is a shortcut on their desktop that points to a URL on my web

server. The application consumes a web service which access a database that
is also on the same server.

Here's the problem:
I need to change the database that the application points to. The new

database is on the same local network as the users, but there's no web
server. Is it possible to continue to use my web server to distribute the
..exe, but get it to point to a different database server on a different
network?

I've tried, and I get a Access denied error message. Is this due to the

fact that a no-touch app can only access the domain from which it was
executed?

 

[Patrice]

Yes, the service should be on the same domain (or you'll have to change the
default security settings). There is nothing though that prevent your
service to access a database that is on another machine.

Patrice

I have an existing application that is deployed to 100 desktops using no-touch deployment.
There is a shortcut on their desktop that points to a URL on my web

server. The application consumes a web service which access a database that
is also on the same server.

Here's the problem:
I need to change the database that the application points to. The new

database is on the same local network as the users, but there's no web
server. Is it possible to continue to use my web server to distribute the
..exe, but get it to point to a different database server on a different
network?

I've tried, and I get a Access denied error message. Is this due to the

fact that a no-touch app can only access the domain from which it was
executed?