The easiest way to install the ASP.NET Framework is to install Visual Web Developer Express. Visual Web Developer Express is included on the CD that accompanies this book. (You also can download the latest version from www.ASP.net, which is the official Microsoft ASP.NET website.) Installing Visual Web Developer Express also installs the following components:
Visual Web Developer Express is compatible with the following operating systems:
I strongly recommend that you also download the .NET Framework SDK (Software Development Kit). The SDK includes additional documentation, sample code, and tools for building ASP.NET applications. You can download the SDK from the Microsoft MSDN website located at msdn.microsoft.com. You can install Visual Web Developer Express on a computer that already has Visual Studio .NET 2003 installed. The two development environments can co-exist peacefully. Furthermore, the same web server can serve both ASP.NET 1.1 pages and ASP.NET 2.0 pages. Each version of the .NET Framework is installed in the following folder: C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework For example, on my computer, I have the following three versions of the .NET Framework installed (version 1.0, version 1.1, and version 2.0): C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.0.3705 C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v1.1.4322 C:\WINDOWS\Microsoft.NET\Framework\v2.0.50727 Each folder includes a command-line tool named aspnet_regiis.exe. You can use this tool to associate a particular virtual directory on your machine with a particular version of the .NET Framework. For example, executing the following command from a command prompt enables a particular version of ASP.NET for a virtual directory named MyApplication: aspnet_regiis -s W3SVC/1/ROOT/MyApplication By executing the aspnet_regiis.exe tool located in the different .NET Framework version folders, you can map a particular virtual directory to any version of the ASP.NET Framework. |