[RESOLVED] Desktop Web Application Information Needed

[Krenshau]

I am learning Visual Basic 2005, coming from VB6. I have seen programs that look like webpages on a windows form. I have been trying to learn how to do this, but haven't figured out how. I thought that they were just a browser control on a form, and the pages were on the local machine (because the application doesn't access the internet), but I haven't figured out how that would be possible because I thought IIS would be needed to parse the .aspx pages.

Can anyone give me some information about this method of making applications? Does it have a special name? Is there a tutorial or something that I can learn how to make a program using this method? I would really like to learn this because it would be great to have the flexible interface of a web form, with the benefits of a windows application.

Thank you for your help.

[ComputerJy]

I don't think anybody understood the type of applications you are talking about, so if you can upload a screenshot it'd be very helpful

[Krenshau]

Unfortunantly, I am on my laptop so I can't make a pic, but some programs that are examples are Quickbooks, Typing Master, and Bible Ocean Bible software. Actually, there are some screen shots at http://www.bibleocean.com/. I have seen others, but I don't recall them right now. I think the Bible Ocean software is the best example I can think of right now, it looks like it is an mdi. It even makes the webpage clicking noise when changing pages, but it doesn't access the internet. I am not formally trained in programming, yet, so maybe it is just something common that I don't know of yet.

Thank you for your help.

[Krenshau]

Bump

[jmcilhinney]

They may well be HTML applications, which have an HTA extension. They are pretty much what you said: a hybrid of desktop application and Web page. They are local applications that do not show pages off the Internet, so they are trusted by the system just like regular, compiled applications, but they display rendered HTML pages.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...taoverview.asp

[Krenshau]

Cool, thank you very much. I think that answers my question.