How to build a COM or Win32 in .NET IDE
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Help! We're getting ready to deploy and I'm trying to build a Launcher application that will run on non-.NET platforms (COM or Win32). Is there any way to build or compile a VB .NET application to output COM or Win32 code, or do I have to re-write this thing in Visual Studio 6 or InstallShield? We're shipping tomorrow! Please help!
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Help! We're getting ready to deploy and I'm trying to build a Launcher application that will run on non-.NET platforms (COM or Win32). Is there any way to build or compile a VB .NET application to output COM or Win32 code, or do I have to re-write this thing in Visual Studio 6 or InstallShield? We're shipping tomorrow! Please help!
This depends on the Level of the Visual Studio Dot Net you have installed. If you have the ability to create C++ applications then you can create byte code exe's "Win32" in C++. If you are asking if a VB.Net application can be compiled as byte code, the answer to that is NO. If you use VB 6.0 then you will get semi-byte code but you will still need the vb runtime. The vb 6 runtime is installed by default for Windows 2000 and greater. For a very simple launch I would create a native C++ program. For a more complicated on I would probably use InstallShield. However, I am not sure what you mean by Launcher since InstallShield is a installer application. Best of Luck Forever Developing