Help - How can I runa VB program without runtimes installed

Hi, I'm new here and I was wondering, is it possible for me to run a VB 2005 program using the Framework 2.0 on a computer without the runtime I want to do this because for a project I've decided to make a program but the computer I wnat to run it on and show teh class does not have the necessary runtimes installed. If I'm running it off a USB Flash Drive is it possible for me to do something such as install the runtimes to my USB Flash Drive and have the program use the files from the Flash Drive As you know, this is a school so I'm not allowed to install any software and this is the reason I ask this question. Thanks.

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Help - How can I runa VB program without runtimes installed

Atulpatel

spotty wrote:

Simply create your application and use a click once deployment - this will install the application (and framework if it isnt already installed)

It won't work if the user doesn't have install rights on the computer. Many organizations limit or eliminate install rights for non-administrative users in order to prevent virus laden downloads and, unfortunately, ClickOnce deployment won't work in that situation.
Nikolaos Anastopoulos
Not quite true. Some obfuscation programs will let you embed the framework into the assembly and make a native executable. Granted, the size of the executable will be 20 some MB.
Stephen Castle
Ohh man, Is there anyway of converting visual basic code to something like C++ The problem is I have no experience with C++ at all. What my project is, is I'm trying to take all the elements of the Periodic Table of Elements and have then be able to be changed from atoms to moles, moles to mass, mass to moles, and mass to atoms. What I would have is a button they would click which chooses how they would like to convert it, then what would happen is it'd have them put the element name in and then would calculate the answer. Thanks again.
Jun_1111

Hello!!!

Are you all aware that it is a design goal of VBE to be installable without needing elevated privileges

I think the idea of obfuscating the clr is really outlandish. Also, there has to be a JIT compiler for the code - which is part of the CLR itself. The JIT compiler runs to create executable instructions. I don't think this can be initiated from inside a program that needs to be run.

So back to my initial question: What is the issue with the Framework
Shrek.NET

What's the issue with running the framework
curiousss
One possibility would be to make the application an ASP.NET application and host it on a free or low cost IIS server and then access it through a browser.
Francis Shum
Simply create your application and use a click once deployment - this will install the application (and framework if it isnt already installed)

The following is a great webcast which will show you how simple it is to create these deployments.

http://dnrtv.com/default.aspx showID=8

Once you realize how simple it is - you'll not be worried about deploying the framework.
Alexandar Mojsejev
The Framework has to be installed on the target system. There's no way around it for managed code (eg VB, C#) applications.
Help - How can I runa VB program without runtimes installed

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