Help! Differences between .Net Development and Redistributable versions

[Peter Wilson]

We have just finished development of a Windows Forms application.

When we install the release version of the project on a client machine
which uses the .NET Framework Version 1.1 Redistributable Package we get
subtle differences in behavior from the same release binary run under
the development version with SP 1 applied.
Is the redistributable version lagging behind the development version in
terms of patches?

The runtime was installed from dotnetfx.exe version 1.1.4322.573

The application launches ok and runs more-or-less correctly, but some
command buttons which are conditionally visible do not appear (which
renders the application unusable).

When we install the developer version on the client machine the same
code again runs correctly.

Anyone got any ideas?

 

[Nick Malik]

AFAIK, The redist package does not include the service pack. You'd need to
install both the redist package and the .NET Framework 1.1 SP1 package onto
the client machine in addition to the application to get the same
environment.

The bug you are experiencing may be one of the documented bugs fixed in the
SP
http://support.microsoft.com/?kbid=867460

I do not know when MS plans to reissue a redistributable file that contains
the SP.

--- Nick