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A Visual WebGui Rich Internet Application Platform best practice article was published on ITWorld with help from John Graffio of FindItByMe.com as part of a collection of advice provided by information technology professionals on how they have solved various challenges, and addressed IT priorities within their organizations.

This is taken from the summary:
"While I started using this product when it was in beta form, I actually deployed my site with their beta-level code. I consider the product to be out of beta mode, and I am happy I stuck with the implementation of Visual WebGui. Here are some additional points to consider however:

• If you have an existing WinForms application that runs on a local area network, and you would like to deploy it in a browser, this should be your only choice of platform. If you make extensive use of third party controls, and the control publisher has an ASP.NET implementation, VWG has a "wrapper" facility so you can continue to use the third party controls in exactly the same way you would use them in the WinForms environment.
• If you have an existing ASP.NET or HTML web application, you must consider your user base and the differences between the WinForms style controls and the way classical web pages behave. While the screen refreshes of VWG are vastly superior to anything in the HTML/DHTML world, if your users are already well trained in your old application, be aware of their learning curve especially if you have a large user base."

The full article can be read here >.