Possible dumb question: .NET without the framework

Chuck B

I have a .NET application installed on a server. It runs fine when I run an
instance on my PC. My question is, is it possible to run a .NET app hosted
on a server without having the framework installed on the client PC?

Dec 18 '07 #1

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Jon Skeet [C# MVP]

Chuck B <ch****@shc1.comwrote:

I have a .NET application installed on a server. It runs fine when I run an
instance on my PC. My question is, is it possible to run a .NET app hosted
on a server without having the framework installed on the client PC?

No - the framework has to be present on the computing *executing* the
code, not just the one which hosts the files.

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Dec 18 '07 #2

Cowboy \(Gregory A. Beamer\)

Only in the case of web applications. If you want to run a desktop
application, you will have to have .NET installed.

There is one exception. There are tools out there that compile .NET to
native equivalents, which makes them a windows executable, not .NET. In
general, they are expensive. Other than that, web apps are the only
exception to the rule, as the browser just gets HTML and JavaScript.

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Gregory A. Beamer
MVP, MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

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"Chuck B" <ch****@shc1.comwrote in message
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>I have a .NET application installed on a server. It runs fine when I run an
instance on my PC. My question is, is it possible to run a .NET app hosted
on a server without having the framework installed on the client PC?

Dec 18 '07 #3

Chuck B

Ok. I know that an exception message shows up on the client PC. Is there
some way to build a stub that would check the client PC for the framework
and give a more user friendly message if it's not installed?
"Cowboy (Gregory A. Beamer)" <No************@comcast.netNoSpamMwrote in
message news:uS**************@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...

Only in the case of web applications. If you want to run a desktop
application, you will have to have .NET installed.

There is one exception. There are tools out there that compile .NET to
native equivalents, which makes them a windows executable, not .NET. In
general, they are expensive. Other than that, web apps are the only
exception to the rule, as the browser just gets HTML and JavaScript.

--
Gregory A. Beamer
MVP, MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

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| Think outside the box! |
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"Chuck B" <ch****@shc1.comwrote in message
news:eZ**************@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>I have a .NET application installed on a server. It runs fine when I run
an instance on my PC. My question is, is it possible to run a .NET app
hosted on a server without having the framework installed on the client
PC?

Dec 19 '07 #4

Cowboy \(Gregory A. Beamer\)

Not with an installed program, but you can bootstrap the .NET Framework to
an installer. This includes both the exe/msi type of installer and the
ClickOnce deployment model.

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Gregory A. Beamer
MVP, MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

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"Chuck B" <ch****@shc1.comwrote in message
news:ul*************@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...

Ok. I know that an exception message shows up on the client PC. Is there
some way to build a stub that would check the client PC for the framework
and give a more user friendly message if it's not installed?
"Cowboy (Gregory A. Beamer)" <No************@comcast.netNoSpamMwrote in
message news:uS**************@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>Only in the case of web applications. If you want to run a desktop
application, you will have to have .NET installed.

There is one exception. There are tools out there that compile .NET to
native equivalents, which makes them a windows executable, not .NET. In
general, they are expensive. Other than that, web apps are the only
exception to the rule, as the browser just gets HTML and JavaScript.

--
Gregory A. Beamer
MVP, MCP: +I, SE, SD, DBA

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| Think outside the box! |
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"Chuck B" <ch****@shc1.comwrote in message
news:eZ**************@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>>>I have a .NET application installed on a server. It runs fine when I run
an instance on my PC. My question is, is it possible to run a .NET app
hosted on a server without having the framework installed on the client
PC?

Dec 19 '07 #5

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