How to deploy the three tier architecture (Windows Application)

Ajay Utekar

18y6.3k

Hi to all,
I have a problem related to create a setup program for my project.

In my project, under one solution file there is three projects
1)Presentation Layer
2) Web services
3) DAL (Data Access Layer)

In my setup and deployment program, i want to do
DAL setup installed on one machine
Web sevice on another machine
and Presentaion layer on another machine.

When I run the DAL setup, it will ask for Database where is stored ie Mdf and ldf file.
When I run the WebService setup, it will ask me for DAL layer where it is installed
and When I run the Presentation Layer Setup it will ask for WebService

The concept is clear, but not getting how to achieve this setup and deployment activity?

Please help me.

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Ajay Utekar18y ago
Thanks for reply,

My program's architecture is PresentationLayer talks with WebService and webservice will communicate with DAL and DAL to Database.

In this case, how Webservices will communicate with DAL and as per ur suggetion DALs dll is place at Presentaion Layer So what is the Advantage of that?
Mahesh Chand18y ago
I would suggest to put your DAL (just a DLL) on the same machine with your UI application (Presentation layer). DAL actually is nothing but the code that talks to the database.

Webservice and database can be on a seperate machines.

Instead of asking the path/URL of server for Webservice and database from the installer, I would put these values in the application config file. Since application is the caller application, it will take those values to make connection with the webservice and databases.

I hope that helps.