NEWBIE question

[Rich Hollenbeck]

I'm running Windows XP Home edition. I already have the Visual Studio 6.0
but it's not .NET. I downloaded the version 2.0 .NET SDK but the installer
said I didn't have the Framework. Huh? I thought that was what I was
installing. ?? What else do I need first? Where do I get it.

Thanks.

 

[Pieter]

You'll need the .NET 2.0 Framework itself:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...cb-4362-4b0d-8edd-aab15c5e04f5&DisplayLang=en

And something to use to develop: Visual Studio 6.0 won't work. You'll have
to buy Visual Studio .NET 2005 (some thousands of euro's), or download
Sharpdevelop: a nice (and sometimes better) free alternative:
http://www.icsharpcode.net/Opensource/SD/

 

[CMM]

Taken directly from the SDK download page: "You must install the .NET
Framework Redistributable Package version 2.0 (x86) prior to installing the
..NET Framework 2.0 SDK (x86)."

First you need the Framework (dotnetfx 2.0).
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...cb-4362-4b0d-8edd-aab15c5e04f5&DisplayLang=en
You can also install this via Windows Update.

Then you need the FREE Visual Studio 2005 Express.... it's a free version
and quite good for being free.
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/express/

I'm not sure if you VS Express installs the SDK. It probably does.... if
not, and you want it, you download it from here.
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...99-b7b4-4f47-a244-c96d69c35dec&DisplayLang=en

 

[james]

The Express products do not install the SDK ( 354MB) just a basic Help
system.
james