WindowsForms? Windows Forms? WinForms? ..

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dnoam

Hi.
Can anyone please tell me - what's the most common way to refer to
Windows Forms?

It's for proposals for customers, where we say that most of the end
users have a browser-based thin client and others use applications we
(ISV) develop - WinForms.
TIA
 
K

Kevin Spencer

When talking to non-developers, such as in a proposal, I would use the most
non-technical term: "Windows Forms" or even "Desktop Application."

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Herfried K. Wagner [MVP]

Can anyone please tell me - what's the most common way to refer to
Windows Forms?

It's for proposals for customers, where we say that most of the end
users have a browser-based thin client and others use applications we
(ISV) develop - WinForms.

Maybe "rich-client".
 
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RobinS

I believe they are called Smart Clients or Fat Clients by the
Tech community. Fat Clients just sit on the desktop (mine
always use a backend database). I think Smart Clients
are Fat Clients that also interact with the internet or
web services or something like that.

For my clients, who are not technically-oriented, I always
refer to them as "Desktop Applications". They seem to
understand that.

Good luck.
Robin S.
 

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