Applications and Timeframe

[John G.]

I just scanned the last few weeks of discussion and could not find these
questions, so sorry if I duplicate this for the regulars...

1. When I distribute an application with VB.Net or C# can I build a
MyApp.exe and have people run it? I think that is static linked DLL's???

2. What are people's expectations on when Visual Studio.Net will be shipping
to customers? I currently am thinking I will not see a finished version
until late fall, after Windows XP is distributed. (I know there are NDA's
out there. I am looking for expectations...)

I have been using VB as my primary programming language for some 4 to 5
years and like it. I hope to continue with VB in the .Net world if it can do
most everything that C# can do...

Also folks, thanks for your advice and feedback.

John G.

[Bob Butler]

"John G." <jwg1000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3ae49abd@news.devx.com...
> I just scanned the last few weeks of discussion and could not find these
> questions, so sorry if I duplicate this for the regulars...
>
> 1. When I distribute an application with VB.Net or C# can I build a
> MyApp.exe and have people run it? I think that is static linked DLL's???

No. It will require that the dotnet runtimes be on the client. Beta 1 does
not include a redistributable version but beta 2 is expected to have that.

> 2. What are people's expectations on when Visual Studio.Net will be
shipping
> to customers? I currently am thinking I will not see a finished version
> until late fall, after Windows XP is distributed. (I know there are NDA's
> out there. I am looking for expectations...)

You are a bit more optimistic than I am, but not by too much.

[Kunle Odutola]

"John G." <jwg1000@hotmail.com> wrote in message
news:3ae49abd@news.devx.com...
> I just scanned the last few weeks of discussion and could not find these
> questions, so sorry if I duplicate this for the regulars...
>
> 1. When I distribute an application with VB.Net or C# can I build a
> MyApp.exe and have people run it? I think that is static linked DLL's???

VB.NET and C# are only able to build applications that depend on the .NET
platform and class libraries. They are called "managed applications" or
"managed code" in .NET-speak. These applications will only run on machines
that have the .NET runtime platform and libraries installed. VS.NET can do
this for you easily...

> 2. What are people's expectations on when Visual Studio.Net will be
shipping
> to customers? I currently am thinking I will not see a finished version
> until late fall, after Windows XP is distributed. (I know there are NDA's
> out there. I am looking for expectations...)

My _personal_ expectation is year end or first half of next year for RTM
but, I expect that from Beta 2 onwards, it will be stable enough for the
adventurous.


> I have been using VB as my primary programming language for some 4 to 5
> years and like it. I hope to continue with VB in the .Net world if it can
do
> most everything that C# can do...

You should continue to use VB.NET on the .NET platform *and* plan to learn
C# (or C++, Delphi, Eiffel etc) if only to expand your horizons. It's the
pragmatic thing to do - expand one's language and problem solving options as
a programmer I mean.

Kunle