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Hello all,
I am new to VS 2008 and I was trying to deploy an application to another PC via a thumb drive. Once the Setup folder was created, I tried to install it on the PC and it said I need to install .NET framework 3.5. I have my project set to 2.0. I also noticed after trying this, that some of my forms are missing some of the components and will not open the design environment because of "Show Call Stack" errors. Any advice?
You really need to have the frameworks installed if you want it to work.
How would I find out what Framework version is on the PC now? It already has an application loaded on it that someone else did. I think they used 2.0 to develop the app.
You can see which frameworks is installed on the computer itself. (Configuration - Software)
If 2.0 is installed, then it doesn't mean that 3.5 is installed. Those are different frameworks.
If you have set your project to 2.0, then you should be able to run it on computers with 2.0 installed. Works for me.
Its better to use a "setup project". It will check if the framework is installed etc. Take a look at this:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/libr...(v=VS.71).aspx
Have a look at this: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/instal...up_instal.aspx
or
http://www.idev.ch/content/view/291/1/
Are you using VB Express or Visual Studio? As .NET 3.5 is the default in VS 2008, did you change the target Framework when you created the project or afterwards? How exactly did you deploy: Windows Installer by Setup project, ClickOnce by publishing or just XCOPY by copying the file(s) directly? Exactly when and how did it say that .NET 3.5 was required?
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