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Introduction
Overview
DotNETConnect is a VisualWorks add-on that allows you to access
and use Microsoft® .NET components in a VisualWorks application.
This additional capability makes it easier for VisualWorks
programmers to develop applications that coordinate well with other
.NET applications.
DotNETConnect was developed by Georg Heeg eK, and is provided
with VisualWorks under license.
What is .NET?
.NET is a set of Microsoft technologies for developing and deploying
web services. The technologies consist of a development tools and
servers designed specifically to facilitate implementing web service
solutions.
At the core of the development and deployment environment is Visual
Studio .NET and the .NET Framework. Visual Studio .NET is
Microsoft’s suite of programming tools, redesigned to coordinate and
interact through the .NET Framework. All .NET programming tools
operate within the requirements of the .NET Framework.
The .NET Framework consists of two components: the common
language runtime (CLR) and a large class library. The library is built
on the common type system (CTS), according to which all objects are
decendents of the root class System.Object. The CLR is a runtime
environment for applications built according to the requirements of
the .NET Framework.
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