How to avoid the .net framework after the installer has been made?

[dhami_naresh]

Hi all, Actually i want the solution of the fact that i want to avoid the runtime environment installing by including those dll in the application installer required to run the application that is developed in the .net. in nutshell , my question is how to avoid the whole .net framework runtime environment to run the application that is developed in .net. this is bcoz we dont want to install the .net framework 2.0 in our client machine even we have developed his product in .net platform. Thank you in adavance

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[Mark Churchill]

Thats not really a possible scenario I'm afraid. The framework isn't just a bunch of dlls that your application depends on. Also I doubt Microsoft will legally allow you to redistribute any of the framework by hand - they give you the runtime merge module and the dotnetfx redistributable for a reason.

Mark Churchill Director Dunn & Churchill

[dhami_naresh]

Thank you very much Mark for your information.

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[dhami_naresh]

Hi Mark. There is product called thinstall that is doing the job wat i was expecting ..is it illegal?? wat's ur view abt this software?? thank you

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[Scott Dorman]

It's not illegal at all. Essentially, what Thininstall is doing is creating a customized virtual environment that your application runs in. From your application's point of view it is running with the full framework installed. The company has been around since 1999 and appears to have a well established client list, but the product is not cheap. The base price is $4995.00 USD plus distribution fees. To me, it's not worth the price.

Scott.

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[Vaibhav Sharma]

Hi, The solution you want is definitely feasible but costly. Yes a .NET application can be deployed to the client machine without installing the complete .NET Framework. Yes and please dont ask me how because i dont have the answer. But someone has the answer and its here: Salamander .NET Linker and Mini Deployment Tool As regards license issues with Microsoft i guess once you reach the above link you will find a key quote given by a Microsoft employee so rest assure it is not anti licensing as far as you are concerned. But then it is not free and you will need to make sure you get it genuinely and it has great benefits by providing inbuilt obfuscation that prevents reverse engineering of .NET MSIL code, the biggest disadvantage of .NET Applications. So best of luck and do reply, eagerly awaiting your comments.

Regards, Vaibhav Sharma