what the heck is .net frame work ?

[Mark]

i tried to install a program for making maps with BF 1942 and it says that i need .net to run the setup, i know it is something from microsoft and googled it but i am confused.

is this safe to install and are there any major security issues known with it ?

should i go ahead and install or not ??

[ScottE]

Originally posted by Mark
i tried to install a program for making maps with BF 1942 and it says that i need .net to run the setup, i know it is something from microsoft and googled it but i am confused.

is this safe to install and are there any major security issues known with it ?

should i go ahead and install or not ??


Yeah it's alright there are a couple of service packs for it already. get it from http://windowsupdate.microsoft.com

[Mark]

okay thanks, i got that installed now it tells me i need managed directX, where do i find that, i looked on microsofts site but found all kinds of directX stuff and am not sure which one to install.

this is what it says in the read me about errors........

"Startup Errors?
==================================================================
At the time being there is only one known startup error. It is
similar to the following:

Application has generated an exception that could not be handled.

Process id=0x79c (1948), Thread id=0x7a4 (1956)

Click OK to terminate the application.
Click CANCEL to debug the application.

(Note that the numbers may not be the same)

This error basically means that you do not have Managed DirectX
properly installed on your system. In this case, you need to
download Managed DirectX from the following URL:
http://www.socketman.com/MadbullTools/mdxRedist.zip
Unzip the file, then run the *.msi installer file. It might
seem like it does nothing, but it does what it needed to do. Just
restart your computer and try to open the map editor... Everything
should be working just fine."

the link they provide goes nowhere, man i hate software :)

[ScottE]

You need to install the DX9 SDK. A roughly 220Meg download.


http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyId=1D97F320-9DFD-4E7A-B947-3A037CCF84AF&displaylang=en

[Mark]

jeeze, i saw that but wasn't sure if that was it :)

thanks again.

[Norm]

After you get dx9 installed, you gotta go get another 140 mb download called ....























jk,
but talk about a hassle eh?

[Mark]

you almost had me there Norm, i don't mind the downloads, it is figureing out how to use the software that is my problem :)

[cyberskye]

.NET is infrastructure required to run .NET applications. Not userland...It's a lot like a JVM - you don't 'use' it - certain applications do, however.

[ScottE]

Originally posted by Mark
you almost had me there Norm, i don't mind the downloads, it is figureing out how to use the software that is my problem :)


What you really need is the right libraries which ones I don't know so just get the entire SDK it should have them all.

[Norm]

Originally posted by Mark
you almost had me there Norm, i don't mind the downloads, it is figureing out how to use the software that is my problem :) Good thing we did away with dialup connections, man what hassle it would be if we didn't.

[Mark]

got it to work, thanks again

[ScottE]

Originally posted by Mark
got it to work, thanks again


NP

[Burke]

I had to install .NET Framework in order for Drive Image 7.0 to even load. :rolleyes: