[Audyssey] .NET Framework was Important notice.

[Thomas Ward]

Hi Damien,
I'm very interested in your experience with .NET as I am not only a end 
user but a developer using the technology in many of my projects. I 
haven't experienced those specific issues you were talking about here, 
but it sounds to me as if you were running a mismatched version of app 
and framework or were missing some other core component the app 
requires. Perhaps, I can solve your issue.
First, can you list the titles of the applications that failed to run 
with the .NET Framework?
Second, what version of the framework are you running. Anything prier to 
2.0 I personally don't recommend unless a developer has specified it is 
absolutely necessary that you don't upgrade to 2.0.
Third, did you check to see if any other components were missing?
 For example, when STFC came out everyone was getting that error, and it 
turned out while they were installing DirectX 9 they had not installed 
the DirectX 9 version required for .NET Framework applications. Which is 
the reason I now do web setup installs for DirectX and specify right off 
on my FAQ page install .NET and run this file which will sort out which 
version you are missing and needs updated.
Fourth, as for Jaws did you install the VS scripts. If so I can tell you 
that was sort of a mistake. I found Jaws ran better with VS 2005 without 
scripts than with the ones FS offers. Seriously, I believe I could have 
written better ones myself, but my Jaws scripting skills are pretty 
rusty from not being used much over the last three years or so.
Finally, I don't think the issues you experienced under your current os 
will happen under Vista. The .NET Framework is now a core component of 
the os, and the DirectX that ships with Vista, DirectX 10, has the 
managed libraries for DirectX already included. Vista also comes with a 
managed version of SAPI for .NET applications, and well allot of the 
extras you had to update in 2000, 2003, and XP is just there out of the box.
I'm going to be installing my .NET Framework apps as soon as Vista gets 
loaded on this machine, and I will certainly let you know if they ran as 
expected. I seriously doubt any issues with Monty, STFC, or Raceway as 
everything should be up to date and be there already.




damien c. sadler - head of x-sight interactive wrote:
> i have run four laptops and two desktops that have all had one issue or 
> another with the .net framework and accessibility.
> it always tends to be the gui side of things.
> i was running che's railracer game fine before i got this new system, 
> although it was the registration dialogs and the track editor programs that 
> i had problems with.
> on this system whenever i run any .net based app it comes up with one of 
> those annoying error dialogs claiming that the program has encountered a 
> problem and needs to close.
>
> as for the vs.net, again, on all systems of running it except on one of my 
> friend's computers, it would always crash and say it wasn't responding, 
> whereas on the friend's computer jaws was having a problem with it, saying 
> that there were errors in the script and acting up that way.
> so on the six computers i've been using to run .net apps in general, and the 
> four computers i used to try out vs.net, it has always acted up one way or 
> another.
>
> regards,
>
> damien
>