Re: Updating an old application

The choice is obvious:

Access only runs on Windows desktop, it does not run on Mac (unless you use Wndows emulator), nor be used via the Internet. If you re-write it as .NET desktop, it is still Window only. No other OS runs .NET on user end.

If you want to make it a web app, so that users with Win/Mac can access it vis web browser, then you need to throw away whatever the current Access app has and re-write the whole thing, be it .NET web app or Java or some other technologies.


"RonG" <RonG@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message news:EA3E0B68-B92C-475F-8947-73A17DC70F80@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Hi,
I'm in the process of inheriting an application written to use Access97 and
the Access97 runtime. It's a mature application with a ton of functionality,
but it does need to be brought forward. My goal is to re-architect the
system so that it can run on PCs, Macs, or the Web. I *think* I should be
moving the system into the .Net environment, but I'm unclear as to what
options I really have, short of a full re-write, which I'm not opposed to
doing. I understand that the Mac will not be supported by .Net (as far as I
know) but could be by using something like the mono project. I'm also not
opposed to completely changing platforms, ie, Java/MySQL/PHP, but this is,
after all, the Microsoft Developer's forum :-)

I think what I'm shooting for is a common database layout with common logic
components, but with independent front ends depending on the platform.

Anyway, any thoughts you might have on this would be greatly appreciated.
Also, if this question is more appropriate to another group, some direction
would be appreciated on that as well.

Thanks and have a good day.

Ron

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