Applications using the OpenEdge GUI for .NET require an appropriate version of .NET to run. When you use WebClient to deploy one of these applications, your deployment must accommodate this requirement.

Note: Because users without Administrator privileges cannot install .NET, you should consider this requirement carefully if your WebClient application supports personal installations.

You can address this requirement in the following ways:

  • Include the .NET runtime in your WebClient deployment through the IntelliStream System Tasks Definition dialog:

    This option packages a .NET installer in the initial WebClient install.

  • Simply leave the .Net Installer field blank to avoid including a .NET installer in your WebClient deployment. This leaves it to the end users to ensure that an appropriate version of .NET is available on their machines.

Because WebClient cannot determine what other applications might require .NET, uninstalling WebClient or your WebClient application does not uninstall the .NET runtime.