.NET 2.0 - MS Updates

[JoeM]

I noticed that .NET 1.x gets installed via MS Updates (Critical maybe?).
But it appears that .NET 2.0 does not - we send out CD's to our customers
containing autorun executables to demonstrate our solutions. We're finding
that when sending new CD's out with apps created in VS2005 using NET 2.0,
our customers are telling us they are receiving an error. We may need to
include the dotnetfx for NET 2.0.

Can someone tell me if the NET 2.0 Framework is installed with Regular MS
Updates? If not, when they will as 1.x has?

Thanks!

 

[Michael D. Ober]

It's an optional update.

Mike Ober.

 

[David Ching]

I noticed that .NET 1.x gets installed via MS Updates (Critical maybe?).
But it appears that .NET 2.0 does not - we send out CD's to our customers
containing autorun executables to demonstrate our solutions. We're
finding that when sending new CD's out with apps created in VS2005 using
NET 2.0, our customers are telling us they are receiving an error. We may
need to include the dotnetfx for NET 2.0.

Can someone tell me if the NET 2.0 Framework is installed with Regular MS
Updates? If not, when they will as 1.x has?

AFAIK, both .NET 1.1 and 2.0 are optional updates. Maybe your customers
have other apps that install .NET 1.1? I don't think it happens as a forced
Windows Update.

-- David

 

[Ben Voigt [C++ MVP]]

I noticed that .NET 1.x gets installed via MS Updates (Critical maybe?).
But it appears that .NET 2.0 does not - we send out CD's to our customers
containing autorun executables to demonstrate our solutions. We're
finding that when sending new CD's out with apps created in VS2005 using
NET 2.0, our customers are telling us they are receiving an error. We may
need to include the dotnetfx for NET 2.0.

Can someone tell me if the NET 2.0 Framework is installed with Regular MS
Updates? If not, when they will as 1.x has?

The regular .NET 2.0 Framework is, but if you're using VS SP1, then your
apps rely on newer DLLs than are provided by the Framework install. (At
least C++ modules do, and my apps always have at least one C++ library).

 

[JoeM]

Dang... I thought this framework gig was going to help us distribute apps
easier...

 

[RobinS]

If you use ClickOnce deployment, you can include the .Net Framework as a
prerequisite and include the redistributable from MS. You can use ClickOnce
to deploy to a CD. And if you do that, you can offer incremental updates
via a website.

Robin S.