Hybrid Client Solution

One time I talked with Yitao who were leading a team developing Oracle Forms. When talks moved to how the Forms are being delivered to end users, given the world dominated by Web, he mentioned there is a tool provided by Oracle to promote the Forms to web user like an web application.

It is fairly a way to work out.

Actually, like Oracle promoting the kind of old Forms heritage, Java also have the wheel to run kind of traditional desktop application onto Web roads. I talked with a Java collegue who were developing an Applet application. I feel Applet application is good because it can be run as a desktop application as well as under Web browser.

However, in Java solutions, Applet apps are considered as old solutions. People like building rich client application and then promote into web user. They say Applet app has certain limitations comparing with desktop application.

I have always believed that Applet app brings an innovative idea by embeding a control into Web browser to approach a new world outside of the Html paradigm. In fact, Flash and the recent Silverlight followed that suit.

Set Remote Desktop with Windows

Following points(not an order) around setting remote desktop

1. Right click My Computer-> Property -> Remote
2. Terminal Service Dll: termsrv.dll under Windows/System32/
(as compared with GAC under C:\WINDOWS\assembly)

3. Run regedit
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SYSTEM\CurrentControlSet\Control\Terminal Server\Licensing Core, Add a DWORD Key named EnableConcurrentSessions and give it a value of 1

4. Run gpedit.msc (Group Policy)
Computer Configuration -> Administrative Templates -> Windows Components -> Terminal Services, double click and give a Limit number of connections

5. Start/End TerminalService:
Start -> Control Panel ->Administrative Tools -> Services