How does a DLL work in .NET

[Eelco Uytterhoeven]

Hi All,

I've got an easy question (I think). If I make a DLL in .NET, can that
DLL be used by programmers and endusers without the .NET runtime?

Thanks,

Eelco

[Jon Skeet [C# MVP]]

Eelco Uytterhoeven <ee*****@lycos.nl> wrote:

I've got an easy question (I think). If I make a DLL in .NET, can that
DLL be used by programmers and endusers without the .NET runtime?

No. Basically, if you write managed code, you're going to need the .NET
runtime. (There's the Salamander Linker as well, but I don't know
whether that applies to DLLs, and is a bit of an exception to the rule,
really.)

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[Mattias Sjögren]

Eelco,

I've got an easy question (I think). If I make a DLL in .NET, can that
DLL be used by programmers and endusers without the .NET runtime?

Some kind of CLI runtime must be installed, such as the .NET framework
or Mono.

Mattias

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[Shiva]

No, users need the .NET runtime to make use of it.

"Eelco Uytterhoeven" <ee*****@lycos.nl> wrote in message
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Hi All,

I've got an easy question (I think). If I make a DLL in .NET, can that
DLL be used by programmers and endusers without the .NET runtime?

Thanks,

Eelco

[Cor Ligthert]

Eelco,

I've got an easy question (I think). If I make a DLL in .NET, can that
DLL be used by programmers and endusers without the .NET runtime?

No it needs a proper OS and a .Net runtime by instance with
W98/me, NT4+sp6 NT5.x and NT6 .Net 1.0 or .Net1.1
http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframewo...s/default.aspx
after the SDK information

Linux Mono (and DLL's made with Mono)
http://www.mono-project.com/about/index.html

I hope this helps?

Cor

[Eelco Uytterhoeven]

Thanks everyone for your quick response!!

Eelco
Cor Ligthert wrote:

Eelco,

I've got an easy question (I think). If I make a DLL in .NET, can that
DLL be used by programmers and endusers without the .NET runtime?

No it needs a proper OS and a .Net runtime by instance with
W98/me, NT4+sp6 NT5.x and NT6 .Net 1.0 or .Net1.1
http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframewo...s/default.aspx
after the SDK information

Linux Mono (and DLL's made with Mono)
http://www.mono-project.com/about/index.html

I hope this helps?

Cor