vb.net design question on version updates

[Simon Whale]

Hi,

need some design advise. Looking at converting an Access Project into
vb.net but the project undergoes some regular enhancements according to the
business requirements.

Using Visual Studio 2005 what would be the best method to upgrade 40 users
on a version rollout? or would a 3rd party product be better?

Many thanks
Simon Whale

 

[Scott M.]

Hi,

need some design advise. Looking at converting an Access Project into
vb.net but the project undergoes some regular enhancements according to
the business requirements.

Using Visual Studio 2005 what would be the best method to upgrade 40 users
on a version rollout? or would a 3rd party product be better?

Many thanks
Simon Whale

Is it possible to make this an ASP.NET web application and upgrade to SQL
Server? If so, you'd solve your 40 user issue and you'd be able to make
updates as necessary.

-Scott

 

[Simon Whale]

Sadly no as its an insurance underwriting system they dont want to take that
avenue on so it will be a vb.net front end and sql server 2005 back end.

 

[Scott M.]

Sadly no as its an insurance underwriting system they dont want to take
that avenue on so it will be a vb.net front end and sql server 2005 back
end.

It can still be a VB .NET front end and SQL back end. ASP .NET just means
that it will use a web-based interface. It can also be an intranet
applicaiton, so that it is secured and only available internally.

Either way, you are going to have to rewrite most of the code since you
won't be using Acess or Access column types or the Access object model or
VBA anymore.

-Scott

 

[Simon Whale]

the rewrite isn't the problem as i have mainly an .net background rather
than access. i meant by vb.net front end that it wasn't to be intrannet /
extrannet based sorry. hence i was after finding out how best to update the
clients for each update after the initial roll out

Simon

 

[Scott M.]

Well, you have several choices depending on whether these updates will be
mandatory or not.

You could build a polling mechanish into the application that fires upon
startup and uses the network to determine if an update is available and if
so initiate a download of the new assembly, which can take the place of the
orginial.

-Scott