Installing .Net v2 does not take care of Apps needing 1.1?
Pardon my ignorance if this is a stupid question, but I'm a network engineer, not an application programmer, and application packaging for distribution has me digging into this world deeper and deeper.
Installing .Net v2 does not take care of Apps needing 1.1? I installed Microsoft .net framework v2, thinking that would take care of all Apps needing .NET. Well my app wanted v 1.1 not 2.0, so I had to package v 1.1 as well. Seems illogical to me. I thought v 2 would take care of the need for prior versions.
Something here I am missing?
Installing .Net v2 does not take care of Apps needing 1.1? I installed Microsoft .net framework v2, thinking that would take care of all Apps needing .NET. Well my app wanted v 1.1 not 2.0, so I had to package v 1.1 as well. Seems illogical to me. I thought v 2 would take care of the need for prior versions.
Something here I am missing?
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Posted by:
anonymous_9363
16 years ago
*My* understanding is that .Net is backwards-compatible, i.e. 1.1 apps will be happy with 2.0. However, it could be that the 1.1 application's installer is testing for the presence of 1.1 and, not finding it, exits with an error to that effect. In that case, edit the installer (via a transform, if it's a vendor-supplied MSI) to either remove that test or change it to test for 2.0.
As ever, I'm happy to be corrected on my assumption on backward compatibility.
As ever, I'm happy to be corrected on my assumption on backward compatibility.
Posted by:
mervync
16 years ago
Posted by:
spartacus
16 years ago
Posted by:
anonymous_9363
16 years ago
ORIGINAL: spartacusMy reading of the compatibility table suggests that I was right: a machine with 2.0 will load and run 1.1 apps. That opinion was gained when I was building installs for a software house who were just tipping their toe into .Net for their apps. However, the article also implies that processes can be set up to require 1.1 (or is it simply that they need to be recompiled with 2.0?) Mervyn?
This link may be of interest regarding the backward compatibility issues
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms994381.aspx
Posted by:
AngelD
16 years ago
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