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newbie questionI am just starting to learn to program in VB.Net and have a question.
Can a program designed in VB.Net be used by computers that do not have VB.Net? If yes, how is it done? I'm not concerned with Mac's just PC's. Thank you. Having VB.Net is not required. If the computer has the proper version
of the .Net framework then it will run just fine. VS2005 uses .Net framework 2.0 and VS2003 uses .Net framework 1.1 Does that answer your question? Thanks, Seth Rowe wasted wanderer wrote: Show quoteHide quote > I am just starting to learn to program in VB.Net and have a question. > Can > a program designed in VB.Net be used by computers that do not have > VB.Net? If yes, how is it done? I'm not concerned with Mac's just PC's. > Thank you. Not exactly. I am trying to determine if I write a program in VB.Net
for use in the public domain can it be run on any PC? Do all PC's utilize .Net framework? rowe_newsgroups wrote: Show quoteHide quote > Having VB.Net is not required. If the computer has the proper version > of the .Net framework then it will run just fine. VS2005 uses .Net > framework 2.0 and VS2003 uses .Net framework 1.1 > > Does that answer your question? > > Thanks, > > Seth Rowe > > > wasted wanderer wrote: > > I am just starting to learn to program in VB.Net and have a question. > > Can > > a program designed in VB.Net be used by computers that do not have > > VB.Net? If yes, how is it done? I'm not concerned with Mac's just PC's. > > Thank you. "wasted wanderer" <rud***@adelphia.net> wrote in message No you cannot assume that all PC's have the .Net Framework. So if a PC hasnews:1160661190.037589.292070@c28g2000cwb.googlegroups.com... > Not exactly. I am trying to determine if I write a program in VB.Net > for use in the public domain can it be run on any PC? Do all PC's > utilize .Net framework? > no .Net Framework installed, your program will not run on that PC. Show quoteHide quote > rowe_newsgroups wrote: > > Having VB.Net is not required. If the computer has the proper version > > of the .Net framework then it will run just fine. VS2005 uses .Net > > framework 2.0 and VS2003 uses .Net framework 1.1 > > > > Does that answer your question? > > > > Thanks, > > > > Seth Rowe > > > > > > wasted wanderer wrote: > > > I am just starting to learn to program in VB.Net and have a question. > > > Can > > > a program designed in VB.Net be used by computers that do not have > > > VB.Net? If yes, how is it done? I'm not concerned with Mac's just PC's. > > > Thank you. > Yes,
Anyone can run the exe. You can get them to install the .Net framework, and even have your install shield see if its installed, and either supply the .net framework on the cd/install or make them download it from the microsoft website. I beleive this is the link you are looking for, (one of these ) - i am unsure of the .net version. http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=0856EACB-4362-4B0D-8EDD-AAB15C5E04F5&displaylang=en http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?familyid=262D25E3-F589-4842-8157-034D1E7CF3A3&displaylang=en Im a newbie too, and have not gotten to this stage, but thats how i read the discussions before. M. Show quoteHide quote "wasted wanderer" <rud***@adelphia.net> wrote in message news:1160660604.260371.162700@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... >I am just starting to learn to program in VB.Net and have a question. > Can > a program designed in VB.Net be used by computers that do not have > VB.Net? If yes, how is it done? I'm not concerned with Mac's just PC's. > Thank you. > I'll take a shot at an explanation since you're getting "yes" and "no" as
answers. :-) The .Net framework is essentially a set of libraries which contain the core routines your application makes use of. The framework is quite large so it isn't linked into the application but rather the single copy on a user's machine is used by all .Net programs (whether written in VB, C# or what have you). If the PC in question does not have the .Net framework installed it cannot execute a .Net program. The .Net framework is free to the end user however so anybody can download and install it. This BTW works no differently than say Java. You can write a Java applet, imbed it into a web page but it will not run if the user has not installed Java. Show quoteHide quote "wasted wanderer" <rud***@adelphia.net> wrote in message news:1160660604.260371.162700@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... >I am just starting to learn to program in VB.Net and have a question. > Can > a program designed in VB.Net be used by computers that do not have > VB.Net? If yes, how is it done? I'm not concerned with Mac's just PC's. > Thank you. > Tom,
Thanks for the explanation, it has made things much clearer. Would all work if I included the .Net framework on the installation cd which contained my program, this would alleviate the need to download it? Tom Leylan wrote: Show quoteHide quote > I'll take a shot at an explanation since you're getting "yes" and "no" as > answers. :-) > > The .Net framework is essentially a set of libraries which contain the core > routines your application makes use of. The framework is quite large so it > isn't linked into the application but rather the single copy on a user's > machine is used by all .Net programs (whether written in VB, C# or what have > you). If the PC in question does not have the .Net framework installed it > cannot execute a .Net program. The .Net framework is free to the end user > however so anybody can download and install it. This BTW works no > differently than say Java. You can write a Java applet, imbed it into a web > page but it will not run if the user has not installed Java. > > > "wasted wanderer" <rud***@adelphia.net> wrote in message > news:1160660604.260371.162700@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... > >I am just starting to learn to program in VB.Net and have a question. > > Can > > a program designed in VB.Net be used by computers that do not have > > VB.Net? If yes, how is it done? I'm not concerned with Mac's just PC's. > > Thank you. > > Here's a link to the bootstrapper tool that might help you out:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/vstudio/downloads/tools/bootstrapper/ Thanks, Seth Rowe wanderer wrote: Show quoteHide quote > Tom, > Thanks for the explanation, it has made things much clearer. Would all > work if I included the .Net framework on the installation cd which > contained my program, this would alleviate the need to download it? > > Tom Leylan wrote: > > I'll take a shot at an explanation since you're getting "yes" and "no" as > > answers. :-) > > > > The .Net framework is essentially a set of libraries which contain the core > > routines your application makes use of. The framework is quite large so it > > isn't linked into the application but rather the single copy on a user's > > machine is used by all .Net programs (whether written in VB, C# or what have > > you). If the PC in question does not have the .Net framework installed it > > cannot execute a .Net program. The .Net framework is free to the end user > > however so anybody can download and install it. This BTW works no > > differently than say Java. You can write a Java applet, imbed it into a web > > page but it will not run if the user has not installed Java. > > > > > > "wasted wanderer" <rud***@adelphia.net> wrote in message > > news:1160660604.260371.162700@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... > > >I am just starting to learn to program in VB.Net and have a question. > > > Can > > > a program designed in VB.Net be used by computers that do not have > > > VB.Net? If yes, how is it done? I'm not concerned with Mac's just PC's. > > > Thank you. > > > You might be able to arrange the inclusion of the .Net framework on an
installtion CD but clearly you would have to check with MS if that is permitted. It is going to turn out in practice to not be such a good idea. The majority of folks are likely to a) have the framework or b) have access to the Internet in order to download the framework. Anything they download would include the latest service packs which your CD version may not. Plus the framework can be ordered on DVD from MS. Seth Rowe has (in his reply) pointed you a "bootstrapper" but as I look at it, it appears to be related to Visual Studio 2003 (and .Net 1.1.) Whether there is something similar for Visual Studio 2005 (and .Net 2.0) I do not know. You can always keep the option in mind and adapt your distribution strategy if you get customers calling asking "where do I find the .Net framework." If that doesn't happen to often you'll save yourself a ton of trouble trying to distribute everything on one CD. Remember they'll be calling you if the ..Net framework installation doesn't go right as well and you have nothing to do with that. Tom Show quoteHide quote "wanderer" <rud***@adelphia.net> wrote in message news:1160668031.771266.145680@k70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com... > Tom, > Thanks for the explanation, it has made things much clearer. Would all > work if I included the .Net framework on the installation cd which > contained my program, this would alleviate the need to download it? > > Tom Leylan wrote: >> I'll take a shot at an explanation since you're getting "yes" and "no" as >> answers. :-) >> >> The .Net framework is essentially a set of libraries which contain the >> core >> routines your application makes use of. The framework is quite large so >> it >> isn't linked into the application but rather the single copy on a user's >> machine is used by all .Net programs (whether written in VB, C# or what >> have >> you). If the PC in question does not have the .Net framework installed >> it >> cannot execute a .Net program. The .Net framework is free to the end >> user >> however so anybody can download and install it. This BTW works no >> differently than say Java. You can write a Java applet, imbed it into a >> web >> page but it will not run if the user has not installed Java. >> >> >> "wasted wanderer" <rud***@adelphia.net> wrote in message >> news:1160660604.260371.162700@i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... >> >I am just starting to learn to program in VB.Net and have a question. >> > Can >> > a program designed in VB.Net be used by computers that do not have >> > VB.Net? If yes, how is it done? I'm not concerned with Mac's just PC's. >> > Thank you. >> > > 
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