You can check to see if you already have the .NET Framework installed by clicking Start on your Windows desktop, selecting Control Panel, and then double-clicking the Add or Remove Programs icon. When that window appears, scroll through the list of applications. If you see Microsoft .NET Framework 1.0 or Microsoft .NET Framework 1.1 listed, the .Net Framework is already installed and you do not need to install it again.

It is a set of common tools required by many newer windows applications. If you don't have the newset version it will automatically be installed with our product. You can read me about the .NET framework on Microsoft's Website See similar questions...

You can check the useragent value in your server side code or in javascript on the html page (hint... see the Publish.htm page that VS generates). The useragent string will contain the version of the .NET Framework installed on that client. See similar questions...

If you've bought your computer in the last 12 months with Windows XP already installed, then you probably have the '.Net Framework' already. You can check by looking in the list of programs in 'Add or Remove Programs'. See similar questions...

Currently NO versions of Windows come with .NET installed, so if you haven't manually installed it, it probably isn't on your machine. Future versions of Windows will include .NET. If you see .NET CLR (which refers to the .NET Common Language Runtime) in the above description of your web browser, then you have .NET installed. Some browsers, such as Netscape, don't properly report .NET. If you are using one of these browsers, it may be installed however you must follow this procedure to find out. See similar questions...

Yes - if you have a managed application, it will require the framework to be present in order to run. This is like requiring the Win32 libraries to be present in order to run Windows applications. Pre-compiling your code using ngen doesn't affect this requirement. See similar questions...

Applications built using version 1.0 will run just fine on version 1.1 of the .NET Framework Redistributable. Although we do recommend you use the most recent version that can be found at the Windows Update site. See similar questions...

The runtime supports Windows Server 2003, Windows XP, Windows 2000, NT4 SP6a and Windows ME/98. Windows 95 is not supported. Some parts of the framework do not work on all platforms - for example, ASP.NET is only supported on XP and Windows 2000/2003. Windows 98/ME cannot be used for development. IIS is not supported on Windows XP Home Edition, and so cannot be used to host ASP.NET. However, the ASP.NET Web Matrix web server does run on XP Home. The .NET Compact Framework is a version of the . See similar questions...

There are two separate mechanisms provided by the .NET class library - XmlSerializer and SoapFormatter/BinaryFormatter. Microsoft uses XmlSerializer for Web Services, and SoapFormatter/BinaryFormatter for remoting. Both are available for use in your own code. It depends. XmlSerializer has severe limitations such as the requirement that the target class has a parameterless constructor, and only public read/write properties and fields can be serialized. See similar questions...

The Microsoft .NET Framework is a component of the Microsoft Windows? operating system used to build and run Windows-based applications. For developers, the .NET Framework makes it easy to rapidly create powerful software that maximizes performance, scalability, opportunities for integration, reliability, security, and the end-user experience, while minimizing the costs of deployment and management. Applications built for the .NET Framework (BodyTrans, for example) require that the . See similar questions...

Really whatever way works best for you. Ex. You can have your users install the .NET Framework before using "ClickOnce" or use management tools like SMS to push out the .NET Framework across your enterprise. To help with deployment, Visual Studio provides... See similar questions...

The Microsoft .NET framework is a framework for software that is developed by Microsoft. Typically in the past, software ran directly off of your operating system. Now, the framework runs on your operating system and and software runs on the framework. The .NET framework should not cause any harm to your computer. We specifically run on the .NET framework v1.1. On the Microsoft Windows Update site you should see the .NET framework as one of the recommended download. You can also download the . See similar questions...

Version 1.1.4322.2032 or better is needed and it can be downloaded from MS .NET Framework Version 1.1 Redistributable Package. Once you have installed the Redistributable Package you will need to download and install Service Pack 1. See similar questions...

Mainsoft for Java EE supports.NET technologies used by enterprise server and Web applications. Mainsoft .NET Framework includes the following assemblies: mscorlib, System, System.Web, System.Web.Services, System.XML, System.Data, System.Drawing, System.DirectoryServices, System.Runtime.Remoting, System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap, Microsoft.VisualBasic, System.Configuration, and System.Data.OracleClient. See similar questions...