> Hi Everybody,
> This is a request to all of you. I need to develop an application which
> shall be contained within a Web Browser instead of a MDI form.
> Till date we have been pretty well conversant with the two-tier structure
> and web based development is a relatively new area for us.
> Though we have worked on web-sites and stuff, we have never really  gone
> this deep into web-based development.

> Lets say I wish to create a simple application which will have some masters
> and a  few transactions. This application will use third-party controls and
> also use other containers like Microsoft Word, Excel etc. Will it be
> possible to develop such an application using Visual Basic?
> What other software will be required? How do I go about developing some sort
> of demonstration to the user? Does anyone know the
> requirements in terms of software/hardware for this type  of application?

> We already have a server which has the Oracle Server running on Windows NT.
> What other things would be required? Does one need
> to know ASP and VB SCRIPT to develop this app? Or is plain Visual  Basic
> Good enough? What sort of human resources should be deploy
> for this application?

> > Hi Everybody,
> > This is a request to all of you. I need to develop an application which
> > shall be contained within a Web Browser instead of a MDI form.
> > Till date we have been pretty well conversant with the two-tier
structure
> > and web based development is a relatively new area for us.
> > Though we have worked on web-sites and stuff, we have never really  gone
> > this deep into web-based development.

> > Lets say I wish to create a simple application which will have some
masters
> > and a  few transactions. This application will use third-party controls
and
> > also use other containers like Microsoft Word, Excel etc. Will it be
> > possible to develop such an application using Visual Basic?
> > What other software will be required? How do I go about developing some
sort
> > of demonstration to the user? Does anyone know the
> > requirements in terms of software/hardware for this type  of
application?

> > We already have a server which has the Oracle Server running on Windows
NT.
> > What other things would be required? Does one need
> > to know ASP and VB SCRIPT to develop this app? Or is plain Visual  Basic
> > Good enough? What sort of human resources should be deploy
> > for this application?

> I'm not too sure exactly what you want to create, is it an application
that
> works across the web, or is it an application that just reuses browser
> technology - Something which works very eaily, you can make extremely
> powerful/attractive apps much quicker re-using browser tech. Than creating
> them in VB or some such.

> However as this is an ASP group I will assume its the former whereby you
are
> creating a true web application.  This can be written in VB, but I do
believe
> it would be simpler to do it using ASP, especially as VBScript is so
similar
> to VB, there shouldn't be an awful lot of learning for you to get used to
the
> technology.

> AS to the other questions, it really depends on the application itself, as
> with all things there are a million and one ways to achieve something, and
> pinning the "best" one down depends on the exact situation, you'd have to
be
> more specific on your requirements I'd've thought.

> Jim.