Is it possible to run a vb.net application without Visual Studio??

[China Gary]

Just a general query, as i am under the illusion that with the .net framework installed on the host computer that vb.net applications can run with it. Can someone clarify this for me please, and if it is possible how is it easily done? Thanks

[Pete OHanlon]

Visual Studio.NET is not required to run .NET applications. If it was, then each user would be required to license a copy which, considering the cost of VS, would be a spectacular own goal. You don't even need VS.NET to write .NET applications. You code, if you want, write them using Notepad. I'm not saying you should, only that you could. Borland have a .NET IDE and there is a free one called SharpDevelop. Anyway, to run the application all you need to do is compile it up as an EXE and run it on a machine with the appropriate version of the .NET framework installed.

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