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I create my windows application. Does every computer I want to run it in need to have the framework installed? |
| MigrationUser 1 Friday, January 31, 2003 9:12 AM |
Yep, every machine must have it. And in .NET 1.0, the Framework is a separate install.
But the Framework is free. Users can download it from www.microsoft.com/net. The download is about 21MB, so you may want to distribute it on CD with your software.
Remember that the Framework does not run on Windows 95, but it runs on all versions more recent than that. |
| MigrationUser 1 Friday, January 31, 2003 12:12 PM |
Yes.
But isn't it true for just about every developement environment? VB6, Java, etc?
Microsoft is doing more to make sure the framework is on every windows based pc. I noticed the other day that it is in the suggested updates in the Windows updates service! |
| MigrationUser 1 Friday, January 31, 2003 12:26 PM |
exactly! And the next version of Windows (LongHorn) will come with it installed already (well, another version of the framework, but still the framework)
it's just like the VB6 redist, once it started coming on the OS, everyone could use it without installing anything. .NET isn't to that point yet, but will get there much faster than VB did ;) |
| MigrationUser 1 Sunday, February 02, 2003 3:54 PM |
I never even knew that VB6 had this "redist" until now. So i guess it came with every Windows starting with 98 right?. Anyway, Is it totally legal to distribute the framework with my software? |
| MigrationUser 1 Monday, February 03, 2003 10:35 AM |
<quote> Anyway, Is it totally legal to distribute the framework with my software? </quote>
Absolutely!
<a href="http://msdn.microsoft.com/downloads/default.asp?url=/downloads/sample.asp?url=/MSDN-FILES/027/001/829/msdncompositedoc.xml&frame=true">Microsoft .NET Framework Redistributable</a> |
| MigrationUser 1 Monday, February 03, 2003 1:03 PM |
So what difference does it make to install the framework on one language or another? Is it only for the documentation? |
| MigrationUser 1 Thursday, February 06, 2003 8:08 AM |
That would be for documentation, error messages, and anything else of that like, along side with localization issues (date-time formats, numeric formats, etc.). |
| MigrationUser 1 Thursday, February 06, 2003 9:26 AM |
Ok, thanks. But I tought the lacolization issues are taken from windows settings. Are you saying it has different configuration set of its own? |
| MigrationUser 1 Thursday, February 06, 2003 12:01 PM |
You may be right about the datetime/currency/etc. localization issues, I'm not for sure. But all dialog text, error messsages, documenation, etc. for sure come out of the different languaged versions. I apologize for speaking above myself, I was just rambling examples and they came out with the rest :-\. Regardless, if you're going to have a french audience, you'll want them to install the french distributable ;) |
| MigrationUser 1 Thursday, February 06, 2003 12:12 PM |