.net noob Q - app to process ~300mb

Hi,

I am pretty new to vb.net/asp.net...

I wrote an app in vb6 that processes bitmaps, lots and lots of bitmaps.

I would like to make a .net application that does the same thing but the obsticle I see is that there can be >300mb of files and uploading them to the server and sending them back to the user's machine.

So my question is this...is there any way that I could send a little 'applet' or something that does the processing of the bitmaps to the user's computer (and when finished, removes itself).

Or is there a different way to handle this?

Thanks for any help.

- Jake

Dont do that. It wouls be very stupid to turn that into a Web application. Leave it as a desktop application. And if you want to re-write it, do it with VB.NET as a desktop application, not an ASP.NET app.

I can't really thank you for a post that does not address my question at all and calls my idea 'stupid'.

You didn't read the question very carefully and you don't have the imagination to consider the possibility that I have several very good reasons for needing to make it an asp.net app.

Now, if someone else has an actual idea to contribute I am interested and would be very appreciative.

TIA

- Jake

I didnt say your idea was stupid. I said trying to make that into a web application is a dumb idea. But since you want to be difficult and cant take comments from someone that has plenty of experience in this, then you can just figure it out on your own.

lol

ASP.NET processes everything server side so no there is no small thing that can transfer to the client side and do all the work, unless you make a non-ASP.NET project exe and have them download that to do all the work. Which means you would just build a standard desktop app and have them download it then it could erase itself or they could erase it.

I agree with Cander that it would not be wise to make that type of application run in ASP.NET.

what about a windows forms app? (yes, I know this is not asp.net)

- J


Candor: "I didnt say your idea was stupid. I said trying to make that into a web application is a dumb idea."

???

Windows app would work, and if you keep the dependencies to a minimum they could just download the exe and run it (as long as they have the .NET framework of course).

In other words, I didnt mean to say the idea itself is stupid. I meant that due to the nature of how the web works, it would not be wise to attempt this.

It was not an insult. Sorry if you took it that way.