Pat
Wed Jul 11 16:15:22 CDT 2007
On Jul 11, 8:59 am, "<ctacke/>" <ctacke[at]opennetcf[dot]com> wrote:
> The framework is part of the default OS staring with XP SP2. Studio and
> Platform Builder use them, so indirectly you will be using them. There's
> really no work around for that.
>
> My guess is that the PB install looks for 1.1 because that's what it was
> built against, and the installer didn't know the public key of the next
> version when it was built. It quite likely that the software itself would
> run with just 2.0 (or just 3.0) installed, but the installer doesn't realize
> it.
>
> You could spend a day or two trying to unpack and reverse engineer the
> installer to change the check, or to do an install on another machine and a
> manual "copy" of the installed app, but the headache of doing it (to me
> anyway) doesn't offset the "benefit" of not installing the 1.1 framework.
> My luck would be that once I got it installed, I'd get another app that
> asked for it as well.
>
> --
>
> Chris Tacke, Embedded MVP
> OpenNETCF Consulting
> Managed Code in an Embedded Worldwww.OpenNETCF.com
>
> "Pat O" <pdoh...@gmail.com> wrote in message
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>
> > On Jul 10, 11:03 am, "<ctacke/>" <ctacke[at]opennetcf[dot]com> wrote:
> >> Why do you need to avoid it? The frameworks live happily side by side,
> >> so
> >> it's not like you must remove 2.0 or 3.0 to install 1.1.
>
> >> --
>
> >> Chris Tacke, Embedded MVP
> >> OpenNETCF Consulting
> >> Managed Code in an Embedded Worldwww.OpenNETCF.com
>
> >> "Pat O" <pdoh...@gmail.com> wrote in message
>
> >>news:1184078390.668181.155620@w3g2000hsg.googlegroups.com...
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> >> >I have .Net Framework 2.0 and .Net Compact Framework 2.0 installed on
> >> > my machine. It seems a little odd that I have to install .Net
> >> > Framework 1.1. First, I am already using 2.0, second I am not
> >> > installing this product to do desktop development, but Windows CE
> >> > development. Finally, that development will likely be more C++
> >> > than .Net anyway.
> >> > I assume that Platform Builder itself was written in .Net 1.1, but
> >> > shouldn't it run under 2.0?
>
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> > I am also not going to use it as the 2.0 framework will run 1.1 apps
> > (AFAIK). I generally avoid installing software I don't need or want
> > on my machine.
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That's pretty much what I figured, but thought it was worth the
question.
Pat O