Questions tagged [.net-client-profile]

The .NET Framework Client Profile is an optimized subset of the .NET Framework targeting client applications.

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Differences between Microsoft .NET 4.0 full Framework and Client Profile

The Microsoft .NET Framework 4.0 full installer (32- and 64-bit) is 48.1 MB and the Client Profile installer is 41.0 MB. The extracted installation files are 237 MB and 194 MB respectively, and once installed, they are 537 MB and 427 MB. This is a…
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How do you UrlEncode without using System.Web?

I am trying to write a windows client application that calls a web site for data. To keep the install to a minimum I am trying only use dlls in the .NET Framework Client Profile. Trouble is that I need to UrlEncode some parameters, is there an easy…
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Target framework, what does ".NET Framework ... Client Profile" mean?

In Visual Studio 2008, the target framework settings for a project are .NET Framework 2.0 .NET Framework 3.0 .NET Framework 3.5 However, in Visual Studio 2010 they are .NET Framework 2.0 .NET Framework 3.0 .NET Framework 3.5 .NET Framework 3.5…
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A complete WiX 3.6 bundle example bootstrapping a .NET 4 Client Profile

I tried to construct a working example of a WiX 3.6 installation script. We currently use WiX 3.5 and now we would like to begin installing the .NET 4 Client Profile framework as a pre-requisite for our MSI file that our product.wxs script creates.…
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What's the real benefit of .NET 4 Client Profile?

We have just upgraded our existing .NET application to compile against .NET 4.0. Our app is a WPF client app that gets installed on end user's machines, so it seems like a natural fit to use the Client Profile. However, we would have to do some…
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Alternative to HttpUtility for .NET 3.5 SP1 client framework?

It'd be really nice to target my Windows Forms app to the .NET 3.5 SP1 client framework. But, right now I'm using the HttpUtility.HtmlDecode and HttpUtility.UrlDecode functions, and the MSDN documentation doesn't point to any alternatives inside of,…
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What is "Client-only Framework subset" in Visual Studio 2008?

What does "Client-only Framework subset" in Visual Studio 2008 do?
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.NET Framework 4 Client Profile + System.Web.dll?

I'm currently developing an application for .NET 4 Client Profile, as this is the version that will be present on most home computers through Windows Update. However, I cannot add a reference to System.Web.dll as it does not exist in this version -…
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'.NET Framework 3.5 SP1 Client Profile' prerequisites

I have a .Net Setup Project and set the install location for prerequisites to 'download from same location as my application'. I downloaded the 'Microsoft .NET Framework Client Profile Offline Installer' from…
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Why does Visual Studio 2010 have .NET Framework 4.0 Client Profile as default project type?

Client profile mode is the subset of Full .NET Framework and it eliminates the designer related assemblies which are unnecessary for the end user deployment and etc. Everything looks great and it really helps us to solve the deployment huge data…
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Is the .NET Client Profile worth targeting?

I've recently been looking into targeting the .NET Client Profile for a WPF application I am building. However, I was frustrated to notice that the Client Profile is only valid for the following OS configurations: Windows XP SP2+ Windows Server…
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Alternative(s) to DataBinder.Eval for .NET Framework Client Profile?

I would like to have the functionality of DataBinder.Eval (i.e., perform runtime databinding); however, DataBinder.Eval is defined in the System.Web assembly, which is not available on the .NET Framework 4 Client Profile. I am wondering if there is…
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Why Microsoft .NET Framework Client Profile is 256 MB?

Microsoft .NET Framework Client Profile Offline Installer - 255.6 MB. Shouldn't it be 27MB or so? Here list of biggest files within package (size in bytes). dotnetfx35.exe (242 743 296) DotNetFx20Client_Package_x86.exe (14 466 600)…
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Show up the On Screen keyboard if the user sets the focus on a textfield. WPF with .Net 4 Client profile

For my full screen WPF application, I need to show up the Windows 7 onscreen keyboard, if a user sets the focus on a textfield. There's no hard keyboard for the panel, just a mouse device to interact with it. In this case I need a onscreen keyboard…
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Decoding Url with c# in .NET4 Client profile

How to decode URL in .NET 4 Client Profile? HttpUtil is not accessible from this profile...Maybe some opensource libs?Or maybe some way to add HttpUtil without changing target framework?
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