From: "Paul Ranson" 

This isn't the case.

.NET is analagous to Java, it's a library and an environment for
applications. It's a better design than Java, if only because it didn't
have to repeat the same mistakes and it supports C++, but I don't really
see the point of either. Anyway the MS development tools allow you to
target .NET or native with C or C++.

Paul

"Geo"  wrote in message news:4289575f{at}w3.nls.net...
> "Gary Britt"  wrote in message
> news:42892a6c$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>
>> wanted to try, but it was .Net only.  Why a keyboard layout program
>> needed
>> to be network centric or whatever it is .Net does was a baffle to me.
>
> anything written with the .NET version of visual studio will require the
> framework so in order to write a C++ program that does't require it you
> would have to use visual studio 6 or earlier. (at least that's how I
> understand it)
>
> Geo.
>
>

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