Alarm Controller

Question

Hi.. I am creating an application in .NET .. It is something like an alarm controller. It uses a “relay server” which is a device with some relay inputs and outputs and an Ethernet port on it. The device has motion sensors attached to the inputs and it is used in a manufacturing plant to detect motion. The guards run the application in a PC connected to the network and using TCPIP they connect to the device. When the sensors detect movement guards are alerted by the software. I need to add some things to this application (graphics maps and extra functionality). I have the following problems: 1) I need to convince my Clients that the application could be built in .NET. Could plz tell me what advantages i would have if i build it in .NET and not in any other langauge like Delphi. If it is .NET then what could i use for it.Could C# be a viable choice. 2) Where could i find an application like this..any sample project or documents related to this. 3) I searched the MSDN but could not find anything.Please could you suggest me as to how do i begin. Warm regards.. Sups.

haerry · Answer

C# the right choice? If you know it it is. It's modern straight forward simple and fast In modern programming languages it is hard to find a thing that you can't do. (cause you are able to call a winapi if your library doesnt support a feature) The question is how much time do you spend to realice it. Ex.: I recently wrote a ftp client in C# after a long weekend the work was done. Try the same in C++ (you will succeed) but when? how you program against .NET is a matter of your taste. If you like vb then use it if you like C# use that. As you might know there is TCPIP Support in the .NET Framework. Programming against a TCPIP Stack seems to be a challenging task but not a question of the right programming language