.NET on Windows 98

[couch612]

Will an executable created in Visual Basic .NET on a Windows XP machine run on a Windows 98 machine? Also, what if I am using API calls?

Thanks.

 

[mutant]

It will run, but Windows 98 is known for some very minor issues with .net framework. So couple things dont work excatly right.

 

[couch612]

Thanks for that Mutant : )

 

[Cassio]

Remember, you have to install the .NET Framework on the Win98 machine.

 

[couch612]

really? i remember when exe's where stand alone. then came DLLs, now you have to install an entire framework just to run an exe? are you sure!!??

 

[divil]

.NET executables are not native code, they're mostly IL (Intermediate Language). You make use of the enormous .NET framework from your application to get things done, you're going to have to package it too.

You can still windows apps in plain C that don't require any dependancies (except windows itself).

 

[couch612]

so does any application written using any of the languages provided in Visual Studio.net require the .NET framework? is there one language in VS.net i can use to compile an exe that does not require the framework to execute? or should i go back to using VB 6.0 or Visual C++ instead?

 

[mutant]

If you look at it different way, 20 mb of executables which will be pretty much required for most of the new programs is not so bad
You can use the Win32 project type of C++ to create stand aloneapps.

 

[couch612]

ok thanks again guys : )