minimum installation

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Nalaka

Hi,
I have visual studio professional edition (2.0).

Boss asked to install the minimum required to run asp.net 2.0 on the server.
I have a xcopy type installtion (where I copy my source files to the server)

Question is...
What is the minimum .net, that I can install on the server (to run a VB
based asp.net app)?


When I started to install it has following sections.
1. Language tools
2. .Net framework SDK
3. Dotfuscator comunity edition
4. Tools for reditributing applications
5. Crystal reports for visual studio.


Thanks a bunch
Nalaka
 
If you mean you want to host ASP.NET 2.0 wep apps on the server, you just
need the .NET 2.0 redistributable (you don't need the framework SDK or any
Visual Sudio stuff). If the server web code is doing Crystal Reports things,
you'll need whatever they supply on the server too.

Did you start installing Visual Studio on the server? That's what it sounds
like, but you'd only do that if you want to use the server to develop web
apps.
 
To run a VB.Net ASP based application, all you will need is IIS installed
and the CLR Runtime Framework (not the SDK). You do not need to deploy the
language tools, framework SDK, dotfuscator, tools for redistributing applications.
These are all developer pieces and are not required for runtime. Actually,
the easiest way to deploy an ASP.Net application is to use the icon on the
solution explorer to Copy Website. It will copy only the pieces you need.

One question, if this is an internal ASP application, the need for dotfuscator
may not be necessary. It is more intended for windows applications where
the actual IL code will be available to the end user. In ASP, the end user
only sees the rendered HTML and not your compiled version of the code. Dotfuscator
simply renames all of the method calls to be less human readable. The functionality
is not modified. Given enough persistance, one can still reverse engineer
the code from the IL.

Additionally, if you are deploying Crystal, you will need to install the
appropriate portions of that. Be aware, Crystal may be free to develop but
is NOT free to deploy. There is a significant licensing charge for ASP server
deployments. Read the fine print of their license for more.

Jim Wooley
http://devauthority.com/blogs/jwooley/default.aspx
 
Nalaka said:
I have visual studio professional edition (2.0).
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I presume you mean for .NET 2, i.e. VS 2005.
What is the minimum .net, that I can install on the server (to run a VB
based asp.net app)?
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..NET framework, v2.0. No SDK or anything needed.

-- Barry
 
Thanks all.....
I will install .net 2.0 framework.....

Since what I am coping is .aspx files and .vb files.
do I need anything else to auto complile these on the server?

Or does the .net frame work already equiped to compile the pages.....
(when I copy the files over)


Nalaka
 
Nalaka said:
Thanks all.....
I will install .net 2.0 framework.....

Since what I am coping is .aspx files and .vb files.
do I need anything else to auto complile these on the server?

Or does the .net frame work already equiped to compile the pages.....
(when I copy the files over)
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Copy the whole website directory structure, or use VS's Publish Web
Site. ASP.NET compiles the pages whenever they change. Csc.exe & vbc.exe
are part of the .NET runtime, not part of the SDK.

-- Barry
 
Thanks all......
all is fine now.....


Barry Kelly said:
Copy the whole website directory structure, or use VS's Publish Web
Site. ASP.NET compiles the pages whenever they change. Csc.exe & vbc.exe
are part of the .NET runtime, not part of the SDK.

-- Barry
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