ASP.NET 2.0 <=> Windows NT 4.0

[Patrick Jox]

Hi,
I have a client request to build an asp.net application. This application
shall be installed on a machine running Windows NT 4.0 SP 6a. As far as I
found out framework 2.0 may not installed on any NT versions. But I hope I
can at least use ASP.NET 2.0 in combination with Framework 1.1 and Visual
Studio 2003.

This should work but.
- I do not want to convert my older projects (that are still productive) to
ASP.NET 2.0
- I want to have both Versions of ASP.NET side by side

Is this possible?

Where can I get some information about this.

Thanks
Patrick

 

[Patrice]

I don't really see what you mean by using ASP.NET 2.0 (that is a subset of
Framework 2.0) in combination with Framework 1.1 ? You'll need Framework
2.0 to be able to use ASP.NET 2.0.

Also from .NET 1.1 requirements
(http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/...E3-F589-4842-8157-034D1E7CF3A3&displaylang=en)
:

ASP.NET is supported only on the following platforms: Microsoft Windows 2000
Professional (Service Pack 3 recommended), Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
(Service Pack 3 recommended), Microsoft Windows XP Professional, and
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 family.

So for now, the response seems to be that this it is just not possible to
create an ASP.NET (even 1.1) application under NT 4...

 

[Bruno Alexandre]

then you need to install

..NET Framework 1.1
..NET Framework 2.0

(they are different and they must be installed both to let user run both
version)

in the virtual directory under IIS all you need to choose is the correct
version, ASP.NET 1.1 or 2.0

can't have both in smae virtual directory!

 

[Patrick Jox]

But ASP.NET 2.0 was available long time before .NET Framework 2.0 was. So I
thought that this might be a independant piece of software. I got to know
the asp.net 2.0 servercontrols and wanted to use them.

My own research confirmed your opinion. ASP.NET is not available on NT 4.0.
So my problem has increased enormely.

Let's see if I can prompt my client to upgrade the machine.

Thanks for your help
Patrick

However, it seems, that I

 

[Ray Booysen]

ASP.NET 2.0 came out at the same time as the framework 2.0

 

[Juan T. Llibre]

Sorry, you cannot install ASP.NET 2.0 on Windows NT 4.0.

http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/technologyinfo/sysreqs/default.aspx

Plus, you can't use ASP.NET 2.0 with the .net Framework 1.1/VS 2003.

You *can* install the .net framework 1.1 on NT 4.0, but you will be
able to use it only to run console and desktop apps, not to run ASP.NET.

 

[Patrice]

No, ASP.NET 2.0 is just the part of the .NET Framework 2.0 that handles
ASP.NET application.

You perhaps installed a beta version of the 2.0 .NET Framework long before
final and didn't pay attention that it was the whole framework as you were
interested in ASP.NET ?

From
http://msdn.microsoft.com/netframework/technologyinfo/overview/default.aspx
:

The ADO.NET classes enable developers to interact with data accessed in the
form of XML through the OLE DB, ODBC, Oracle, and SQL Server interfaces. XML
classes enable XML manipulation, searching, and translations. The ASP.NET
classes support the development of Web-based applications and Web services.
The Windows Forms classes support the development of desktop-based smart
client applications.
Together, the class libraries provide a common, consistent development
interface across all languages supported by the .NET Framework.