WPF, WBA(Full Trust) - What are the differences?

WPF, WBA(Full Trust) - What are the differences?

• Hugo

  Thanks Karen. What I mean by windows application is a Windows Forms application. My question is a full trust WBA aplication, even though it is not installed, has any limitions when compared to an installed standalone WPF application
  

• sprague295

  Thanks Viliescu. That was a good analogy. Again, I am not a Java programmer, but my question is what are the limitations of a full trust WBA vs Standalone WPF (In Java analogy , can signed java applets have the full capabilities as of Standalone Java application )
  

• snuke

  viliescu wrote:

  Yes, but why would you want to do run in the browser Why not make a regular WPF application with a ClickOnce deployment

  I am just exploring different capabilities of WInFX. Also, a thought, if I can offer my upcoming product as a subscription based full trust WBF application. With WBF, i feel I have greater control over the application based on the subscription status.

  
  

• hmmmm

  Yes, but why would you want to do run in the browser Why not make a regular WPF application with a ClickOnce deployment
  
  
  

• kwihu.hau

  Windows Presentation Foundation is a platform for building rich client applications. You can build two “types” of WPF applications:

  1. Standalone Applications.
  2. Web Browser Applications.

  Standalone applications are full trust WPF applications that are installed windows applications.

  Web Browser Applications are non-installed (cached) sandboxed browser-hosted applications. It is possible to create trusted full trust WBA applications, but these cannot be installed. At any trust level, WBAs are windows applications that are built using WPF.

  I don’t know if by the term “windows applications,” you mean additional characteristics other than “built using windows technology to run on windows.” If you are, could you expand on your question

  
  

• Coolad

  If you like the analogies with Java :
  1. WBA = regular Java Applet
  2. WBA full trust = signed Java Applet - you can ask for more rights in a Java applet (like reading from the local hard disk) but you have to sign it with a certificate etc.
  3. Standalone WPF application = Standalone Java application
  
  
  

• Ponnette

  Does that mean, a heavy weight WPF rich client application, something like a document management system that interfaces with scanners and printers on the client machine can run in a browser, as a full trust WBF
  

• Gaurav.Srivastava

  I think the only difference is that full trust WBA are not "installed" so they will not work offline.
  
  
  
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