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Shrink-wrap managed code apps

A friend of mine at work just saw a copy of PrintShop 20 Deluxe and PrintShop 20 Professional Publisher Deluxe at Staples and noticed that they require the .NET Framework.  Very cool, speaks to the momentum we are seeing around not just line of business applications (which are still super import) but also shrink wrapped apps that used to be the realm of raw C and MFC\ATL alone.   

 

Are you seeing other shrink-wrapped managed apps?  What apps would really benefit from using managed code?

 

System requirements

  • Windows 98/2000/Me/Windows XP
  • Pentium II 300 MHz processor or faster
  • 128 MB RAM
  • Minimum 630 MB hard-disk space (Recommended: 100 MB free hard-disk space after installation)
  • 4x CD-ROM drive or faster
  • 800x600 display, 16-bit color
  • Windows compatible sound card and speakers
  • Microsoft .NET Framework v1.1 (included on CD); Instant Expressions requires Microsoft Windows Messenger version 4.6 or higher or MSN Instant Messenger version 4.7 or higher
  • Internet Requirements: Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 or higher; 33.6 Kbps modem or faster, and Internet service provider account required for Internet access
  • Printer support: Works with most popular printers (monochrome and color) supported by Windows
Published 09 March 04 07:59 by BradA
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# Cory Smith said on March 9, 2004 10:19 PM:
Well... don't forget two of your very own companies products... Windows Media Center Edition PC (software) and BizTalk 2004. ;-)
# Sean Gephardt said on March 9, 2004 11:55 PM:
I think this is awesome and speaks volumes to the power of .NET, and the fact that it can even be used for modern multimedia! With DirectX 9 for managed code, I can't wait to see what someone somewhere comes with...
# Peter Ibbotson said on March 10, 2004 1:06 AM:
The other app I've found thats written in .NET is the logitech digital pen software. Which given that it's doing a lot of graphics manipulation surprised me.
It's happening slowly but surely.
# frank arrigo said on March 10, 2004 2:54 AM:
in australia quicken ships with a number of managed code apps.

http://www.quicken.com.au/Partners/MSPartnership/default.aspx

http://www.quicken.com.au/BusinessFinance/SmartTags/default.aspx
# Mike Dimmick said on March 10, 2004 5:53 AM:
Do you count SourceGear's Vault? I've been using this for the last few months as my own source control solution.

http://www.sourcegear.com/vault/
# Phil Weber said on March 10, 2004 7:08 AM:
http://www.llamagraphics.com/LB/LifeBalanceWinSheet.html
# Jordan Matthiesen said on March 10, 2004 7:23 AM:
When installing Franklin-Covey's PlanPlus for Outlooks, I found that the .NET framework installer came up. Their system requirements don't say anything about it, though:

http://www.franklincovey.com/planplus/index.html
# Camillo said on March 10, 2004 8:44 AM:
It seems to me that also Outlook 2003 makes use of .NEt
# Justin Van Patten said on March 10, 2004 11:32 AM:
Microsoft actually did a case study on Print Shop. It can be found here: http://www.microsoft.com/resources/casestudies/CaseStudy.asp?CaseStudyID=14934
# Kevin Daly said on March 10, 2004 12:51 PM:
Sadly, the reviews of PrintShop 2.0 Deluxe on Amazon are...erm, not complimentary.

But still, it *is* good to see commercial apps built on .NET starting to appear. I have long believed that .NET would eventually lead to a burst of creativity in desktop applications, as well as those that make interesting use of the internet.
# Max said on March 10, 2004 1:23 PM:
Matrox Power Desk for the P-series Graphics cards is a managed app
# Corrado Cavalli said on March 10, 2004 1:42 PM:
Other products are:
Symantec (ex Powerquest) DriveImage 7.0 and V2i protector.
Route 66 Navigate 2004

# Anonymous coward said on March 10, 2004 5:25 PM:
Not exactly shrinkwrap but almost:

SVCD2DVD

http://www.svcd2dvd.com/Releases/svcd2dvdmpg+.aspx

I'd classify this as a commercial application but maybe the author thinks that "You can download this application if you donate money to its development cause" does not qualify as selling...
# n4cer said on March 10, 2004 7:55 PM:
"It seems to me that also Outlook 2003 makes use of .NEt "

The Business Contact Manager add-on does.
# Keith Hill said on March 10, 2004 8:48 PM:
To toot our own horn a little ... :-) We will be shipping in the next two weeks an update to our graphical programming application - Agilent VEE Pro 7.0 - which uses the .NET 1.1 Framework. What is interesting is that the application has a sizeable code base that is implemented in a mixture of ASM, C, C++, Objective-C (don't ask) and MC++. And amazingly enough - it just works (pun intended). :-) There is a lot we did not like about MC++'s rather cryptic syntax but at the end of the day, it allowed us to integrate .NET into a large unmanaged app that's been shipping since the early '90s. That's pretty cool!
# Albert said on March 11, 2004 10:42 AM:
AutoCAD 2005 by Autodesk also uses .NET 1.1. This is CAD application shipping since 1983.
# Judah H. said on March 11, 2004 9:33 PM:
Overnet, a popular file-sharing cousin of the famous e-donkey, required .NET 1.0 when it was first released a year or two ago. Don't know if it still uses .NET though.
# EL said on March 13, 2004 9:18 AM:
GoalCentrix. "Goal achievement system"
http://www.goalcentrix.com
# Tony said on May 6, 2004 1:54 PM:
Our company ships several shrink-wrapped .net applications. The development process takes less than 1/2 of the time as traditional C++ applications did. You might want to check out:

http://www.desktopdecorations.com (also on download.com)
http://www.tjcmessenger.com
http://www.scrubdnc.net (also on download.com, tucows, and others)

We currently have other .net desktop applications in the works. We meet almost no problems getting people to download and install the framework. Most new dell boxes even ship with the framework pre-installed.

Tony
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