VB.NET

[Rob]

Quick question. To run a VB.NET application on a Win
98SE machine do we need to install the .net framework.
Same Q can be asked for any other system win2000 ,XP etc.

OR does tne setup/install program for the VB.NET
application come with all the components required to run
it on the client machine.

Need to know before converting system over to VB.NET

Many thanks

Rob

 

[Rob Windsor]

Hi Rob,

Every machine, no matter what version of Windows it's running, must have the
..NET Framework installed if it is going to execute .NET code. The framework
may be pre-installed (as in Windows Server 2003) but it has to be there.

So, if I create a VB.NET application and want to send a setup program to you
I have two choices. I can send you a 250 Kb file set of files and let you be
responsible to ensure the framework is installed on the target machine or I
can send you a 20+ Mb set of files that will install the framework
automatically if it's required.

Today, most machines do not have the framework installed (I don't have any
data to back that statement up, it's just my educated opinion). In two or
three years most machines will have the framework installed and this will
become a mute point.

Hope this helps,