Running Windows app on Thin client doesn't work

Hi,

I have created my first Windows forms app in .Net 2.0; installed it on a thin client (not sure which version of the Windows OS it is running); when I double-click on the exe file to run it, the hourglass comes on briefly, then goes off and nothing else happens. If I run the app on the C: drive of a thick client (running Windows XP) it works OK. The app is a Windows forms/ Crystal Reports app; using a Microsoft Access database. Any idea on why nothing happens when I run it on a thin client and how to resolve it?

Thanks in advance.

[558 byte] By [SharonGuinee] at [2007-12-22]
# 1
Not

sure what a "thin client" really is but there is nothing thin about a

.NET 2.0 app. It is about as thick as apps can be. You'll

need Windows 98, ME, 2000 or XP and the .NET 2.0 framework

installed. In addition, you'll need the Crystal Reports runtime

and the MDAC data access components for your particular app.

nobugz at 2007-8-30 > top of Msdn Tech,.NET Development,.NET Base Class Library...
# 2

I'm not sure what a "thin client" really is either...But, I did install the .Net 2.0 framework and the Crystal Reports runtime; hadn't thought of the MDAC data access components. I will check on that and get the exact version of the Windows OS that is running; my understanding is that it is some form of Windows server os.

Thanks for your input.

SharonGuinee at 2007-8-30 > top of Msdn Tech,.NET Development,.NET Base Class Library...
# 3
I think he/she means an embedded OS? Like on a cellphone or something...
AndrewVos at 2007-8-30 > top of Msdn Tech,.NET Development,.NET Base Class Library...
# 4

AndrewVos wrote:
I think he/she means an embedded OS? Like on a cellphone or something...

Oh, only saw that third post now ;)

AndrewVos at 2007-8-30 > top of Msdn Tech,.NET Development,.NET Base Class Library...
# 5

OK, I got the details that "thin client" means that when the user logs into their workstation it actually logs them on remotely to the server with limited permissions.

Anyway, I discovered that I had _not_ installed the Crystal Reports runtime, which I thought I had installed; after I installed the Crystal Reports runtime, my application runs..

Thanks for the help!!

SharonGuinee at 2007-8-30 > top of Msdn Tech,.NET Development,.NET Base Class Library...

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