1)ive to make an asp.net app for running on the intranet .. now, i dont want people printing or saving/mailing the pages OR going back OR fancy plugins & pop-up blockers ... but at the same time i cant disallow their access to net or limit their acessibility by removing the address fields, buttons & print preferences ..
so i thought why not a small app which can show the webpages of only a particular address+limited custom fns & no address field,back/front buttons etc. OR
configure an ie shortcut in such a way that it opens with 0 controls -only the viewing part of the browser .. like when we use javascript and popup windows with no controls ...

2)is there any way of developing aspx pages in dreamweaver MX and converting it to dll/exe so that people cant modify the code or any other way of protecting the pages on the local server(local server can be opened by anyone due to certain ease of use problems)so that no-one(including the administrator) can open or view the file/folder containing the pages. i really dont want to use visual studio thats why ...

You want to restrict things down to such a level that perhaps you should just build a desktop application.

the scenario is:
1)several users need to use this with different levels of access
2)Less time frame for programming all this from scratch in vb
3)systems are really primitive(win9x,p2,32mb) and opening a desktop app will nearly kill them
4)i cant make it to each users desktop when theres a modification and theres no much time for extended testing on each users pc for errors.
5)chances of buying SqlServer2000 are kind'f of dim now coz they are expecting erp to arrive by 2006 1st quarter .. so mite end up using Access ... and dont want to piss of anyone for app being real slow & crashing with no proper backups ...

i guess these are the reasons im staying away from standalone desktop .. :-)

PS:i posted the 2nd qs here by mistake .. i was planning on asking it in general.net only ... sorry abt that..

You could always use Kiosk mode of Internet Explorer.

Simply create a shortcut to Internet Explorer to "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" and add -k as a switch.

So shortcut to: (for example)

C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE -k http://localserver/startpage.aspx

When you do this you must include a "Close" window on every page because nothing will be easily accessable!

i thought of kiosk first .. but was not able to coz of these reasons:
1)coz my users arnt experienced enough to use ALt+TAB everytime
2)pcs are real slow so a fullscreen mode tends to slow the switching between other apps ...
3)anyone who knows enough can use Ctrl+N to get a new window .. now i cant disable that or can i?

is there any option to just have the border of ie with the close,minimize,maximize button & disable all back and forward+other control keys..

There is no way to build a web app that will conform to these requirements. There's no way to lock people out of the IE in the way you want based on the limitations you have.

Your best option is to build a very light weight application that talks to server business objects.


Hal Levy
Web Developer, PDI Inc.

NOT a Wiley/Wrox Employee