Running an .exe which resides on a server from a desktop

[perplexd]

Hi all

I have been told I need my .exe to reside on the server, but be executed on multiple desktops. The company have decided this as when updates are made, they only need to update the one file.

The question is: do I still need to install all the dlls on each user-computer, or as the exe is on the server should i install it to the server?

Also in the deployment package is there a way of referring the shortcuts to the server exe and stopping the install wizard installing the exe on the user computer?

I apologise if these are dumb questions...but I am new to programming!!
Thanks in advance

 

[sunaj]

perplexed,

You need to install the dlls on all the client pcs. When the dlls are there, you can update the server exe without reintalling the dlls. Only if you use new dlls/ocx you'll have to install those on the client pcs.
I usually run the installation program on the client pcs - and then deletes the .exe (without uninstalling the program), that ensures that the necessary dlls are installed. After that I create the shortcuts that I want. This cannot (to my knowledge) be done by the visual studio package and deployment wizard - but there might be others installers out there that can do it... Sunaj
'The gap between theory and practice is not as wide in theory as it is in practice'

 

[perplexd]

Thanks Sunaj...so it looks like I'll have to do it manually! Nevermind!

 

[jshanoo]

Run the application from client only, if the users are more than 4, generally windows applications consumes more memory,
so it is ideal to havethe application executed in each client machine.
Updation is only reinstalling the new application.
this will speed up the procedure.

John