Need .net framework just to run a VB.net .exe?!?!

[RebLazer]

I wrote an application using VS.net and sent the .exe to a friend who doesn't have the .net framework installed on his machine. He said that he gets an error when he tries to run the .exe that says he needs "mscoree.dll" to run the .exe file.

Is there anyway for me to compile the solution differently (or something else!) so that he may run my .exe without having to install the .net framework?

Thanks,
Lazer

 

[Custom24]

Basically, no. Anything written in a CLR language needs the .net framework to run. That's the way MS designed it. VS.net (or vbc on the command line) compiles to MSIL, and this is JIT compiled at run time, so you might think why not just compile directly to native. But as far as I know, this can't be done. Reasons include security, drawing on resources provided by the .net framework, and others.

This is the way with lots of frameworks. VB6 requires the VB6 runtime dll, Java requires the JVM, etc

Hope this helps.


Mark

 

[RebLazer]

Thanks, Mark!