Framework

[Peter Anthony]

In the past, it use to be the case that to run many applications written in
Visual C++, the end-user woud be requred to install a Framework for the
application to use certain features (once time only for any and all such
applications, but still).

Is it now the case that the Framwork is built into the operating system
(e.g., Vista)? That would be nice, becuase I always disliked having to
install the Framework on computers I was going to demo my product on, always
sweating bullets as to whether it would work afterwards, and it was
typically a 100Meg+ download...

Plus, if this is true, this makes delivery much more compact, as I use to
have to also send the Framework to make it work, and it was often thousands
of times bigger than what MY application code uses...

 

[David Lowndes]

Is it now the case that the Framwork is built into the operating system

(e.g., Vista)?

It depends which version of the framework your application is built to
use. According to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.NET_Framework, .Net FW
V3 is included in Vista & W2K8. See the "Versions" table later in the
article.

Dave

 

[PvdG42]

In the past, it use to be the case that to run many applications written
in Visual C++, the end-user woud be requred to install a Framework for the
application to use certain features (once time only for any and all such
applications, but still).

Is it now the case that the Framwork is built into the operating system
(e.g., Vista)? That would be nice, becuase I always disliked having to
install the Framework on computers I was going to demo my product on,
always sweating bullets as to whether it would work afterwards, and it was
typically a 100Meg+ download...

Plus, if this is true, this makes delivery much more compact, as I use to
have to also send the Framework to make it work, and it was often
thousands of times bigger than what MY application code uses...

As you're asking about applications written in C++ (which may or may not be
dependent on .NET), I have to ask exactly what you mean by "framework". If
you are referring to C++/CLI apps which require .NET, then yes, Vista comes
with .NET 3.0 and Win 7 (beta) comes with .NET 3.5. With Win XP, there are
no guarantees.
However, if you meant "framework" in a more general sense, such as including
the necessary support files for a Windows MFC application, that .NET has
nothing to do with it and the installer must provide all the support files
necessary for the application to run properly.
I realize this is a .NET group, but the way the question was phrased led me
to think the C++ apps in question might not be .NET.

 

[Peter Anthony]

Indeed, I'm refering to the .NET that is necessary for C++/CLI applications.
Good to know that Vista has this built in, not thrilled that XP doesn't.

Also, I find it kind of humerous that just becuase I program in Visual C++
that there was some question as to the .NET nature of my question. If it had
been c# I'm sure no questions would have been asked...

 

[PvdG42]

Indeed, I'm refering to the .NET that is necessary for C++/CLI
applications. Good to know that Vista has this built in, not thrilled that
XP doesn't.

Also, I find it kind of humerous that just becuase I program in Visual C++
that there was some question as to the .NET nature of my question. If it
had been c# I'm sure no questions would have been asked...

Sorry, no offense intended. There are a lot of non-.NET C++ questions here
simply because of the "vc" in the group name, and sometimes confusion
results. Obviously, you know exactly what you are doing and where to post