client-applications

What logging is good logging for your app?

So we've discussed logging in passing at my place of work and I was wondering if some of you guys here could give me some ideas of your approaches? Typically our scenario is, no logging really at all, and mostly .NET apps, winforms/WPF clients talking through web services or direct to a db. So, the real question is, where or what would...

Requiring users to update .NET

I'm working on some production software, using C# on the .NET framework. I really would like to be able to use LINQ on the project. I believe it requires .NET version 3.5 (correct me if I'm wrong). This application is a commercial software app, required to run on a client's work PC. Is it reasonable to assume they have .NET 3.5, or assum...

WebServiceTransportException: Unauthorized [401] in Spring-WS

We are struggling to configure our web app to be able to connect with web services via Spring WS. We have tried to use the example from the documentation of client-side Spring-WS, but we end up with a WebServiceTransportException. The XML config looks like this: <bean id="webServiceTemplate" class="org.springframework.ws.client.core.Web...

Web Application IPC/RPC with Client Applications

Background I'm at the planning stages of a DIY project that'll help me automate some hardware at my house. It's probably also worthwhile to mention that I've got almost no experience with web-related development. The Basics http://img7.imageshack.us/img7/4706/drawingo.png -- I can't seem to embed the diagram. In order to simplify ...

Would it be a bad idea to develop a desktop application that directly accesses the SQL server?

Hi! I want to install a desktop application (on many stations - about 10-20) should access the SQL Server directly, no Services, and no server-DALs. The application will be installed on a local network on about 10 machines, while one of them is a server. When I will install the program I will set the connection string, and the applicat...