installation & compatibility

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Tomk

If I develop a winforms application and create an exe program what
installation is required and what windows platforms can run it? I need to
find a development environment that will allow me to run the end program
directly from a CD or floppy without a lot of install woes.
 
If I develop a winforms application and create an exe program what
installation is required
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The .NET framework must be installed (the version you compiled for or
a more recent version). If you use any old COM/ActiveX components,
they must also be installed. Plus, of course, any DBMS or anything
like that you may use in your app. Apart from that, the application
should "just run".

and what windows platforms can run it?
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Every platform that the .NET framework runs on (Win98 and later IIRC),
unless you use some framework classes or native APIs that require more
recent versions of Windows.



Mattias
 
Thanks for the reply...

Do I need to include the .NET framework with the application or is there a
way to get it to automatically download & install when the user tries to run
my program?
 
Do I need to include the .NET framework with the application or is there a
way to get it to automatically download & install when the user tries to run
my program?
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If you build a setup for your app, you can get it to automatically
download and install the framework. But if you want your application
to "just start", then no. You'd need some kind of bootstrap thing.



Mattias
 
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