can we install dot.net desktop application without framework in client's PC.

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can we install dot.net desktop application without framework in client's PC ?

We are not using any exclusive features of dot.net on the application. Our application code is too small 3 KB in VB6, But if we make it in dot.net then framework installation will be appr 24 MB size, which we want to avoid.

Therefore, can we install dot.net desktop application without framework in client's PC ?

Posted 25-Jun-11 4:33am

manesh anand mukherjee

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DaveAuld · Answer 1 · 2011-06-25T05:23:00

No,

But with the latest .Net 4 there is a reduced client side framework installation option.

Another thing to consider is the .Net framework is included with the OS, and depending on which OS and SP level will depend on which framework comes installed as default. see here; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/.NET_Framework[^]

As there is such an increasing dependency on .Net, I don't think you should be overly worried about installing the .Net framework. its become the norm.

Valery Possoz · Answer 2 · 2011-06-25T06:22:00

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Hello,

As DaveAuld says there is very little interest in doing what you want given the increasing dependency on .Net... But just in case you really really want to do it, there is a product called Spoon Studio that "virtualizes" .Net applications allowing them to run with no framework installed, you can even deploy on a thumb drive. My guess is that the size of the resulting executable will be far more than the 24mb.

http://spoon.net/Studio/[^]

It is a bit pricey at $2400 for a developer's license.

Anyway maybe worth having a look?

Valery.

Posted 25-Jun-11 6:22am

Valery Possoz

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Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 25-Jun-11 22:48pm

Amazing. How this price compares with the cost of installing .NET? .NET Framework is free for the Windows users; can be installed in minutes, can be deployed with application. The only cost is the cost of some disk space. And who knows how compatible is the environment provided by Spoon? If it is the main company product, I would predict going out of busyness -- fast. How can it possibly cell? (However, maybe the product does something else, I'm not sure.)
--SA