Will C++ application in .net VS 2003 with no dll reference work without framework 1.1

[DivyaNagarajan]

I have a C++ application developed in Visual Studio .net 2003. It does not make use of any framework dlls as references to it. The question I have now is , since my project doesnot refer to any framework dll, will it work if framework 1.1 is uninstalled from the system? . I cannot test it myself since I cannot re-install it again due to restrictions on my system

[weaknessforcats]

It will work OK. I have personally done this with many programs.

The framework is for C# - type applications.

[DivyaNagarajan]

Thank you for the reply. This saves lot of work for me. The reason is framework 1.1 is going to be removed from all the customer sites and hence we are migrating all the .net projects to framework 4. I had doubt if migration is needed for c++ projects which do not refer the framework.Thank you again :)


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[weaknessforcats]

Be sure to check the project properties and verify the project does not need CLR support. CLR (common language runtime) is C# and not C++. Microsoft concocted a thing called "managed C++" which lets C++ code use the framework.

The programs I say will not use the framework are those built by projects that do not need CLR support.