Jess,

>>CLR is *not* an option with VB.NET or C#.

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>What do you mean by this? Correct if I am wrong. I my understanding, CLR is just an option in C# and VB (not strictly enforced).
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>Hmmm... AFAIK, it is only an option in VS.NET. I don't have the reference yet but I'll try to look at it again in one of the white paper from MS.

The CLR is the runtime for VF7 and C#. There is no other runtime for them.