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Making an app work on a computer without the .net framework

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    Blekk
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    Hi, I want to test my little text editor app on another computer but when I have sent things like this to friends over msn, they get an error, is there someway of bundling the framework with the program or is the only way to turn it into an installation type thing with the framework with it? Thanks.

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      Hi, I want to test my little text editor app on another computer but when I have sent things like this to friends over msn, they get an error, is there someway of bundling the framework with the program or is the only way to turn it into an installation type thing with the framework with it? Thanks.

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      Christian Graus
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      They can just download and install the framework. No, there's no way around it.

      Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog

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        Hi, I want to test my little text editor app on another computer but when I have sent things like this to friends over msn, they get an error, is there someway of bundling the framework with the program or is the only way to turn it into an installation type thing with the framework with it? Thanks.

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        Judah Gabriel Himango
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        Bundle your app with the .NET framework. Alternately, use the bootstrapper built-in to VS to generate a setup program that downloads and installs the .NET framework only if required.

        Tech, life, family, faith: Give me a visit. I'm currently blogging about: God-as-Judge, God-as-Forgiver The apostle Paul, modernly speaking: Epistles of Paul Judah Himango

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          They can just download and install the framework. No, there's no way around it.

          Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++ Metal Musings - Rex and my new metal blog

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          CastorTiu
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          Hey Chris, That's not 100% accurate take a look at: http://www.thinstall.com/solutions/net\_virtual.php

          -- If you think the chess rules are not fair, first beat Anand, Kasparov and Karpov then you can change them. Moral is, don't question the work of others if you don't know the reason why they did it.

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            Hey Chris, That's not 100% accurate take a look at: http://www.thinstall.com/solutions/net\_virtual.php

            -- If you think the chess rules are not fair, first beat Anand, Kasparov and Karpov then you can change them. Moral is, don't question the work of others if you don't know the reason why they did it.

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            Christian Graus
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            I know there are products which allow you to create a free standing exe, but pointing that out just muddies the waters.  None of the solutions I know of are cheap, and really, I think they are a bad idea in any case.

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