I would like to have an application which contains database/data layer and user interface(3-tier). In Head Office, the application willl run in VB.Net. When they connect from remote places, we would like to provide them with ASP.Net Interface to be run in Browser. Is it possible to have the same kind of user interface for both forms. The deployment time should be minimized. Is there a possibility to develop a component to act as an user interface in both Windows Forms and Web Forms. If possible, where can I get the samples or get the ideas.

Although both UIs are written in VB.net, the event handling and state management in ASP.NET is very different from that in regular VB.NET apps. Not to mention that in ASP.NET the UI is written in html (kind of), which isn't done in VB.NET.

We do things pretty similar to what you're describing where I work, and if you have objects that encapsulate your data and do most of the work on them, creating two UIs to use those objects really isn't too bad. Just put as much as you can into a class library that both the windows app and the web app can use.

Luck,
-SN

Actually you can have the same interface. If you use a Web Service in .net. Then you can create a Windows application that connects to the web service. So both of your apps can be exactly the same.

Chi Happens

oh, i forgot to add that I can provide working example if you want.

Chi

So you create the web service...That will allow the programming interface to the data to remain the same and provide access to the data or any other kind of object you can represent in soap, but how does that allow the web forms and windows forms to share the user interface? (ie textboxes, labels, and such)

Chi knows more about this stuff than I do, so I don't doubt he knows what he's talking about...But I wouldn't mind seeing a link or something describing the process.

I did find this article on SmartClients, which may fit the bill.
http://www.developer.com/net/asp/article.php/10917_3369601_1

-SN

Thanks for the responses. I would like to have a sample. You can send it to me email address

1. kaepeekay@hotmail.com
2. kaepeekay@yahoo.com

KPK

SN,
As I have said before...I sometimes fail to clairfy my posts correctly.

SN is correct, the web interface will be different from the windows interface.

But, if you use a webservice, you can use a Windows interface for remote and local access.

I will send you an example right now.

I will rar it up, so please get yer hands on WinRAR.

And for anyone else interested you can find it here:
http://www.evolutionsoftwarellc.com/downloads/WebSVSExample.rar

Hope This Helps
Chi

Ah, I get it now. So you use the same windows forms application for both remote and local access, and leave the browser out of it completely. That would work nicely, and deployment time would definitely be minimized.

-SN

Exactly.

Thanks for bearing with my poor explanatory skills. :)

Chi