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Re: Porting .NET/XML app to the Mac

On 30 Jan, 2004, at 9:55 PM, Lotsa Cabo wrote:

I would like some advice.

I am considering porting one of our Windows applications from .NET to Mac. We have several Mac users that have requested our product, but it currently runs on Windows and communicates with our back end IIS server through a WebService. I am curious as to what you "pros" would use to do what we are thinking about. Advice on languages, components, or techniques would be greatly appreciated.

THE APPLICATION
1. App is a compiled UI to a server-based service.
2. When launched, the app connects to a web service and downloads the user's configuration blob (in XML).
3. As the user works within the app, the XML-based configuration file is modified.
4. When the user "Saves" their changes, the configuration blob is then pushed back to the server through the web service.

PROJECT CONSTRAINTS
1. The back end server is IIS and is running ASP.NET with two main web services published. This cannot be changed at this stage.
2. The app must use as many native technologies as possible. Mac is not currently our primary deployment platform so we cannot invest large amounts of money in it with 3rd party products.
3. The use of open source technologies (or freebies) is highly discouraged.

Again, any advice would be greatly appreciated.

Mac OS X has a built-in XML parser and data structure, and supports SOAP and RFC. I don't know anything about IIS, so I don't know if that is applicable. I would use Cocoa, but for a Windows programmer I would second another's suggestion of Carbon. Or you could use Cocoa for Java (also built in).

Come to think of it, AppleScript Studio in conjunction with the URL Access suite and Late Night Software's XML Tools (http://www.latenightsw.com) might do the trick. This combination seems ideal for this app, and it can be built quickly.
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