Can I package an .exe VB.NET application ready to RUN, No installation needed?

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Can I package an .exe VB.NET application ready to RUN, No installation needed?


I would love to email to my customer a small application I developed in VB.NET Professional version and tell him just to double click the file and have this single form application start right away, without having the customer Install the application first.

Can this be done in a single .EXE file, if so HOW?

Any
 
You could just build the application .... but your customer would need the .NET framework to be able to run it. Its 23 odd mb.
Then send him the .exe made in the /bin of your project.
 
Illusion:

If my customer have XP will he still need to install the .NET framework?

Also do I have to send him all the other stuff inside the BIN folder too along with the EXE?

Thanks for you reply


Andy
 
Yes, he will need .NET framework

and no, just the .exe will be fine, unless you are saving information to files that need to be in the same directory.
e.g.
/theprogramdirectory/
yourprogram.exe
yourconfig.ini
yourpicture.bmp

you get the idea :)
 
You mean redistribute without additional runtime files? If that then yes you could because Windows XP already has VB6.0 runtime files.
 
@ VolteFace: don't thing so, i have sp1 and i needed to install the framework befor i could run my apps, but it thing longhorn will have it, i've read it somle where:)
 
Thank you all for your nice responses, I guess I'll just do the testing using both VB.NET and VB6

Thanks



Andy
 
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