Re: running win32 gtk+ program on one computer and displaying graphics on another ?

[Tor Lillqvist <tml iki fi>]

> Is it possible to do something similar with the Windows version of GTK+?

Yes and no. Note that there is nothing GTK+-specific in this.

Read up on Remote Desktop Services, earlier known as Terminal Services
(or Terminal Server). See
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Remote_Desktop_Services

It is normally used to connect to a whole remote desktop environment,
but it is possible to start a specific program when connecting, too.
There will still be a normal desktop environment, too, in the Remote
Desktop client window, i.e. it is not like X11. And note that when
connecting to non-server Windows machines, the local console will be
locked out while there is a remote session connected, and that there
can be just one remote session at a time. On server Windowses there
can be more simultaneous sessions, lots more if one purchases the
required licenses. (Surprised...?)

To enable Remote Desktop connections to a machine, one needs to enable
that in the Control Panel, don't recall now exactly where. Also, users
must be a member of the Remote Desktop Users group to be allowed to
log in remotely.

In more "enterprisey" contexts it is possible to start individual
remote applications having them appear as "local" windows, as if
running locally, instead of being inside the Remote Desktop Connection
client. Look for "RemoteApp" on the wikipedia page mentioned above.

There are also non-Microsoft products in this space, especially from Citrix.

--tml