jmanuel Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 Hi, Im searching some Windows App to connect with my whmcs server and manage all on the desktop. For example, i need print some clients data to migrate to other side, and i cant do it. Anyboy can help me? Thanks 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mojowill Posted August 28, 2010 Share Posted August 28, 2010 Internet Explorer, FIrefox? WHMCS is a web based app 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hightekhosting Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 Internet Explorer, FIrefox? WHMCS is a web based app Whilst this is true, I am surprised that no-one has developed a Windows App to interface with the WHMCS Web interface or API as yet. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wsa Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 Well give me some time am working on one now 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laszlof Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 You can't print data from your web browser? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daniel Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 Whilst this is true, I am surprised that no-one has developed a Windows App to interface with the WHMCS Web interface or API as yet. Why would you need it though? What benefit does that have? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
othellotech Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 Whilst this is true, I am surprised that no-one has developed a Windows App to interface with the WHMCS Web interface or API as yet. What could an "app" possibly give you that a your web browser can't ? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CDDHosting Posted August 29, 2010 Share Posted August 29, 2010 In my own opinion the app would be a complete waste of time unless it had live chat integrated with it. Most of the time when I have WHMCS admin side open it is to deal with support requests so my browser is needed anyway. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xperience Posted August 31, 2010 Share Posted August 31, 2010 Completely pointless. We're moving away from 'installable' apps to 'cloud' or 'web-based' apps - this would be a step backwards! 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
patrick24601 Posted September 3, 2010 Share Posted September 3, 2010 I may not be interested in this for WHMCS, but he does have a point and I would use it. Windows/local apps have a place and there are some things that I would only use that way. If you write your code well you can do both i.e. write everything web service based and you can have any UI you want. That also let's you easily write mobile apps. Windows apps are fast and predictable. With a browser you can never guarantee something is going to be in a certain place or work a certain way. And building a windows app is definitely not moving backwards. It is just a different direction. Web browsers have some serious limitations that I run into all of the time that frustrate me. Not to mention that they are relatively slow when compared to web apps. Financial applications are one thing I always use in windows. I've tried Quickbooks Online for example and it sucks. My accountant thinks so too. Printing: Printing is very unpredictable from the web. The only good solution is to print to a PDF and then print the PDF, or rely on something like an activeX plugin where you have local control of the machine. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laszlof Posted September 3, 2010 Share Posted September 3, 2010 Quickbooks online is a bad example to compare to. You're comparing a 100% online service to something that uses virtually NO online services.. A WHMCS frontend would not be much, if any faster than accessing it via the web. You still need to connect remotely to the database and query the information. Short of caching the entire database locally (security risk?) I cannot see how it would be of much benefit. I also do not really agree with you on the printing aspect. How exactly is it unpredictable vs. printing to a PDF and then to a printer? You do realize that printing to a PDF is exactly the same as printing to a standard printer right? 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laurens_dragicevic Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 Wont be waste of time, they can make alerts when new messages is coming in, automatic refresh, hide as icon when needed you can just click the icon. Could make the speed of support much faster because i doubt your every minute clicking f5 on your keyboard.... 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vchosting Posted September 4, 2010 Share Posted September 4, 2010 Wont be waste of time, they can make alerts when new messages is coming in, automatic refresh, hide as icon when needed you can just click the icon. Could make the speed of support much faster because i doubt your every minute clicking f5 on your keyboard.... The ticket system has the facility to AutRefresh every 1 minute, 5 minutes, 10 minutes etc etc which is configurable. 0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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