Comments on: How would I create a web based to do program? http://www.askageek.com/2009/08/22/how-would-i-create-a-web-based-to-do-program/ Where Geeks Answer Your Computer and Tech Questions! Fri, 30 Jul 2010 21:49:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc By: matt http://www.askageek.com/2009/08/22/how-would-i-create-a-web-based-to-do-program/comment-page-1/#comment-9755 matt Mon, 24 Aug 2009 18:43:23 +0000 http://www.askageek.com/?p=4213#comment-9755 I don't think there are any plans for IIS to ever go away. Some versions of Windows Vista might not run it, due to how Microsoft is pricing things now, but it will never go away completely. Once you get into the web stuff you will find it is not that difficult at all, especially if you are currently doing application development for the desktop. There are some things you will have to learn that are slightly different than regular application development but the move is not that difficult. I don’t think there are any plans for IIS to ever go away. Some versions of Windows Vista might not run it, due to how Microsoft is pricing things now, but it will never go away completely.

Once you get into the web stuff you will find it is not that difficult at all, especially if you are currently doing application development for the desktop. There are some things you will have to learn that are slightly different than regular application development but the move is not that difficult.

]]> By: monkeyboy http://www.askageek.com/2009/08/22/how-would-i-create-a-web-based-to-do-program/comment-page-1/#comment-9744 monkeyboy Sun, 23 Aug 2009 19:09:43 +0000 http://www.askageek.com/?p=4213#comment-9744 OK, thanks. Thats what I thought might be the answer. I have never dabbled much with IIS (I thought it was being phased out with VIsta?) or server side scripts but I suppose now is the time to have a go. Thanks for the info. OK, thanks. Thats what I thought might be the answer. I have never dabbled much with IIS (I thought it was being phased out with VIsta?) or server side scripts but I suppose now is the time to have a go.

Thanks for the info.

]]> By: matt http://www.askageek.com/2009/08/22/how-would-i-create-a-web-based-to-do-program/comment-page-1/#comment-9732 matt Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:59:16 +0000 http://www.askageek.com/?p=4213#comment-9732 The programming language and the database are very important. You cannot use JavaScript to update any local files or databases on your computer due to security reasons. You could use AJAX (the combination of JavaScript with a server side programming language like VB.NET) to update the database. You could also just put a form on your HTML page to submit to the VB script as well. The best solution would be to run a web server like IIS and use .NET to create your web application and then it would be very easy to update your database and pull the information from your database to display it on your page. The programming language and the database are very important. You cannot use JavaScript to update any local files or databases on your computer due to security reasons. You could use AJAX (the combination of JavaScript with a server side programming language like VB.NET) to update the database. You could also just put a form on your HTML page to submit to the VB script as well.

The best solution would be to run a web server like IIS and use .NET to create your web application and then it would be very easy to update your database and pull the information from your database to display it on your page.

]]> By: monkeyboy http://www.askageek.com/2009/08/22/how-would-i-create-a-web-based-to-do-program/comment-page-1/#comment-9731 monkeyboy Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:42:54 +0000 http://www.askageek.com/?p=4213#comment-9731 The program is vb and tasks stored in access database but that is fairly inconsequential. If I can get the web page to update anything such aseven a text file to say "Task 27 completed" then I can integrate from there. Thanks. The program is vb and tasks stored in access database but that is fairly inconsequential. If I can get the web page to update anything such aseven a text file to say “Task 27 completed” then I can integrate from there.

Thanks.

]]> By: matt http://www.askageek.com/2009/08/22/how-would-i-create-a-web-based-to-do-program/comment-page-1/#comment-9730 matt Sun, 23 Aug 2009 00:38:19 +0000 http://www.askageek.com/?p=4213#comment-9730 How are you storing your actual tasks? What are you using for a database? What does your maintenance program do and what is it written in? How are you storing your actual tasks? What are you using for a database? What does your maintenance program do and what is it written in?

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