Making application that works anywhere

Question

Hi guys! I made some simple win app using VS .net 2003 with C#. Everithing worked fine on my comp but when I sent exe file to my friend he couldnt run it. I suppose that he is missing DLL files that are needed. How can I find files that are needed to be included and how to link them with the app using VS? Can he  after copying all that files run app if he doesn't have .NET framework installed on his computer? Thanks in advance!

csharpguru · Answer

I hope I'm not boring :) ...but could you or someone else tell me how to make MSI or other win installation package out of C# win app project?

csharpguru · Answer

Thank you very much it seems to work I hope that it will fix the problem on my friend's computer...

gjmproposal · Answer

You do not .NET framework installed to run .NET applications. For knowing which DLLS to include with the exe I set the 'Copy Local' variable to true when adding the refrence. Everytime you compile it copies those dlls to the output directy of the .exe. It is a quick way and seems to work without having to create an install package. For standard .NET dlls you do not need to that. Geo