I would like to use CSLA.NET version that works with Visual Studio.NET 2005 to create the following application.
Questions about creating an ‘executable’ that will not remained installed once a user enters some data into the application. I also want this applcation to not require any previous software installed on a users workstation.
I basically want to setup an application for new users when they are applying for insurance. This application would preferably be a run as a windows desktop application versus on the internet. Once the user enters the save or submit button, I want the application to send the data back to be processed on a Sql server 2000 or sql server 2005 database.
Let me know what general suggestions that you would have.
Thanks!
CSLA .NET requires .NET, so any application built using CSLA will also require .NET. Any application built using .NET requires .NET.
The only way to get a smart client application that doesn't require any previous software on the client (other than Windows itself) is probably to use C++. Or maybe VB6, because the VB runtime is a standard part of all current versions of Windows.
If you are willing to pre-suppose .NET, then you can use .NET programs, and CSLA .NET.
The simplest way to get the kind of deployment you want is to use ClickOnce. You can use ClickOnce in a mode where the app can only be launched through a URL. Technically the app isn't "uninstalled" after use, but from the user's perspective it is gone. In reality it is still in a cache - not entirely unlike web apps (they aren't uninstalled either unless the user flushes their browser cache).
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