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

[piscis]

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

[Illusion]

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.

[piscis]

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

[Illusion]

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 :)

[piscis]

Illusion:

 

If I was using VB6 Professional would I be able to do it?

 

Andy

[mutant]

You mean redistribute without additional runtime files? If that then yes you could because Windows XP already has VB6.0 runtime files.

[Volte]

Also, I believe XP SP1 comes with the .NET Framework.

[jorge]

@ 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:)

[mutant]

Windows 2003 and up have the Framework built into them.

[piscis]

Thank you all for your nice responses, I guess I'll just do the testing using both VB.NET and VB6

 

Thanks

 

 

 

Andy