Hi,

I understand that in order to run any application programmed with dot net requires an installation of the framework.
Considering that the file size is 23M, does anyone know if there is a way to customize the dotnetfx.exe file in order to cutdown the file size, or if dot net created programs can run without installing the whole of the dotnet frame work. Any comment on this is much appreciated. Thanx

Tina <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote:
> I understand that in order to run any application programmed with dot
> net requires an installation of the framework.

Yup.

> Considering that the file size is 23M, does anyone know if there is a
> way to customize the dotnetfx.exe file in order to cutdown the file
> size, or if dot net created programs can run without installing the
> whole of the dotnet frame work. Any comment on this is much
> appreciated. Thanx

Well, you might want to look at http://www.remotesoft.com/linker/ but
that's the only option at the moment, and personally I don't know how
well it works. The downside of such an option is that if (say) someone
wants 5 different .NET applications, they'll end up having to download
more than they would if they just downloaded the framework once and
then 5 small programs.

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In addition to Jons statements, Jason Zander recently wrote about a linker
and the issues involved:
http://blogs.msdn.com/jasonz/archive.../31/65653.aspx
"Tina" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I understand that in order to run any application programmed with dot net
requires an installation of the framework.
> Considering that the file size is 23M, does anyone know if there is a way
to customize the dotnetfx.exe file in order to cutdown the file size, or if
dot net created programs can run without installing the whole of the dotnet
frame work. Any comment on this is much appreciated. Thanx