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Hello
 
I am thinking about developing a desktop application using C# or C++ or Java.
I am asking if there is a way to turn it to a web application by hosting it online or putting it on cloud so that anyone can use it from anywhere ??
 
Note that i don't want to re-write the application using PHP or ASP or whatever, just make it available online.
Posted 13 Oct '12 - 14:18
Kasparov92193
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Wes Aday - 13 Oct '12 - 20:32
No. If you want a web application you have to write is as a web application.

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If you have designed your application to use TCP/IP and is frugal in it's bandwidth usage you can connect the desktop app over the internet to a server side back-end in "the cloud".
 
Other options are screen sharing or remote desktop to a virtual machine hosting your app.
 
For a true "web experience" you really have to use "web technologies" which would require a rewrite.
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Posted 13 Oct '12 - 18:45
Mehdi Gholam172K
There is a difference between Windows application and Web application. You cannot 'host' a windows application on cloud or anywhere to be treated as a web available to outer world.
 
Read differences in detail here: MSDN: Choosing Between Windows Forms and Web Forms[^]
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Posted 13 Oct '12 - 18:46
Sandeep Mewara473K
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