thanks Alex. Is there a preferred test for its existence?

>>Waht do users have to have on their machine to run .net apps? What's the best way to test for it?
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>Just the .Net Framework (latest version I believe is 1.1), and the minimum hardware and OS requirements of course.
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>The Framework is a free download from Microsoft. It also comes with the VS .Net package in the form of an installable program, DotNetFx.exe