Need info on Windows Forms deployment using IE.

[Ken Varn]

I have seen various snippets of information about deploying Windows Forms
applications using Internet Explorer. This is an interesting concept, but
there does not seem to be a lot of information that I can locate on the
topic.

I have also heard that there are ways that Windows Forms objects can be
embedded directly into a web page as an applet, object or something like
that . Is this possible, and if so does anyone have any information on the
topic?

If there are any good books, web sites, etc.. on deploying windows
applications over the internet, please let me know.

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Ken Varn
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Diebold Inc.

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[Michael Giagnocavo [MVP]]

I have seen various snippets of information about deploying Windows Forms

applications using Internet Explorer. This is an interesting concept, but
there does not seem to be a lot of information that I can locate on the
topic.

What you're probably looking for is "No Touch Deployment". Google for that
and you'll get tons of links. This can refer to various things actually.
Sometimes it just means an auto-updating windows exe. The EXE just downloads
an assembly at runtime and runs that. Or it could mean entering a URL to an
assembly in IE. For instance, here's a game:
http://www.atrevido.net/blog/content/binary/Atrevido.ChineseHangman.exe

IE will determine that this is a managed executable, and run it with partial
trust (it can't write to your registry or disk or anything "bad" like that).

I have also heard that there are ways that Windows Forms objects can be
embedded directly into a web page as an applet, object or something like
that . Is this possible, and if so does anyone have any information on
the
topic?

That is correct. Check this out:
http://samples.gotdotnet.com/quickstart/winforms/doc/WinFormsIeSourcing.aspx

-mike
MVP