pothuri Posted October 10, 2004 Posted October 10, 2004 hi.. I have created a windowsapplication in VS. I want to put the file on the server and provide a link in the site. I want the users to download the application and run it. In what format should i save the file on the server so that the users could run the application even though they dont have the Visual Studio installed. How should i go about doing this. thnx Quote
Shazbots Posted October 10, 2004 Posted October 10, 2004 Hi You should probably compress the applications folder to save server space and download time (zip is the most common). Users dont need VS.net installed they only need the runtimes. Quote
pothuri Posted October 10, 2004 Author Posted October 10, 2004 thankx for the reply shazbots... i have put the exe file windowsapplications.exe on the server and created a link to it on the site. When i downloaded the exe file onto system that has VS, then its working fine. but when I download and try to run the exe file on a system that doesnt have VS, then it says it couldnt initialize properly. i am not sure wats the problem. thnx Hi You should probably compress the applications folder to save server space and download time (zip is the most common). Users dont need VS.net installed they only need the runtimes. Quote
Administrators PlausiblyDamp Posted October 10, 2004 Administrators Posted October 10, 2004 The destination machine will also need the .Net framework installed. Quote Posting Guidelines FAQ Post Formatting Intellectuals solve problems; geniuses prevent them. -- Albert Einstein
pothuri Posted October 10, 2004 Author Posted October 10, 2004 oh so theres no way i could achieve that..... thanx for giving the infomation.... The destination machine will also need the .Net framework installed. Quote
Simcoder Posted October 10, 2004 Posted October 10, 2004 oh so theres no way i could achieve that..... thanx for giving the infomation.... All You Need To Do Is Tell The Users To Download The Net Framework Free From Microsoft or you can download the redistributable version of the framework and package it with your application. The only downside is that the Redistributable is around 27 megs or something like that but if compressed, maybe you could knock it down a few megs. The only other way you could allow users to run your vb apps is if you created a bootstrap installer that would install the framework or needed assemblies for your apps. If you want the link to download the redistrubutable framework, you can download it here Microsoft DotNet Framework Redistributable Good Luck -=Simcoder=- Quote Whatever thy hand findest to do, do it with all thy heart - Jesus
Joe Mamma Posted October 10, 2004 Posted October 10, 2004 create a VS setup project Quote Joe Mamma Amendment 4: The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized. Amendment 9: The enumeration in the Constitution, of certain rights, shall not be construed to deny or disparage others retained by the people.
Wile Posted October 10, 2004 Posted October 10, 2004 I dont know what you used for creating the setup, but Installshield has the option to check during the installation if the .net framework is installed. If it isn't it will download the framework at that moment. That gives you still a small installation (.net framework isn't included), but it checks for the .net framework and installs it when needed to prevent problems. Quote Nothing is as illusive as 'the last bug'.
pothuri Posted October 10, 2004 Author Posted October 10, 2004 thanx guys..... installing the dotnet framework helped solve my problem. I dont know what you used for creating the setup' date=' but Installshield has the option to check during the installation if the .net framework is installed. If it isn't it will download the framework at that moment. That gives you still a small installation (.net framework isn't included), but it checks for the .net framework and installs it when needed to prevent problems.[/quote'] Quote
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