Standalone executable?

[jkhill]

Is it possible to create a simple standalone executable file with any part of Visual Studio that does not require "setup" or an installation? I want to create a simple executable that initiates Windows Media Player and plays a .mpg.

I would prefer to use Visual Basic but I get the impression that everything developed in Visual Basic requires the .NET Framework be installed on the end user machine - is that correct?

 

[PlausiblyDamp]

Anything developed in .Net will require the .Net runtime.

 

[esposito]

In the future this wont be a problem since all the new versions of Windows will include the .NET framework netively.

So, making your app work on the final users computer will be as easy as copying the executable from a machine to another.