They can't.
You can add the redistributable to your installer. There is an article on
MSDN online. The only other way is to go with a web app where all they need
is a browser.
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Gregory A. Beamer
MVP; MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA
Author: ADO.NET and XML: ASP.NET on the Edge
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"Jimmy" <jn****@beld.net> wrote in message
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Besides having to install the entire .NET framework on an
end user system, how can they use my application written
on an XP professional machine using C# and Vasiual Basic
from Visual Studio .NET 2003, if they are using some
system that is Windows 98 or above but don't have
the .NET framework?