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dnoam@il.ibm.com - 06 Nov 2006 12:12 GMT

Hi.
Can anyone please tell me - what's the most common way to refer to
Windows Forms?

It's for proposals for customers, where we say that most of the end
users have a browser-based thin client and others use applications we
(ISV) develop - WinForms.
TIA

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Patrice - 06 Nov 2006 14:07 GMT

The SDK uses "Windows Forms" (you'll see the "WinForms" nickname in
newsgroups likely for convenience, I never saw "WindowsForms") :
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/96bef039(VS.80).aspx

> Hi.
> Can anyone please tell me - what's the most common way to refer to
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> (ISV) develop - WinForms.
> TIA

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Kevin Spencer - 06 Nov 2006 14:09 GMT

When talking to non-developers, such as in a proposal, I would use the most
non-technical term: "Windows Forms" or even "Desktop Application."

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> Hi.
> Can anyone please tell me - what's the most common way to refer to
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> (ISV) develop - WinForms.
> TIA

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Herfried K. Wagner [MVP] - 06 Nov 2006 23:02 GMT

<dnoam@il.ibm.com> schrieb:

> Can anyone please tell me - what's the most common way to refer to
> Windows Forms?
>
> It's for proposals for customers, where we say that most of the end
> users have a browser-based thin client and others use applications we
> (ISV) develop - WinForms.

Maybe "rich-client".

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RobinS - 07 Nov 2006 03:46 GMT

I believe they are called Smart Clients or Fat Clients by the
Tech community. Fat Clients just sit on the desktop (mine
always use a backend database). I think Smart Clients
are Fat Clients that also interact with the internet or
web services or something like that.

For my clients, who are not technically-oriented, I always
refer to them as "Desktop Applications". They seem to
understand that.

Good luck.
Robin S.

> Hi.
> Can anyone please tell me - what's the most common way to refer to
[quoted text clipped - 4 lines]
> (ISV) develop - WinForms.
> TIA

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