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2/2/2011 1:40 PM
 
James Brown


Joined: 6/29/2004
Posts: 319
Can anyone explain the relationship between ASPNET and .NET?
I have always assumed that each subsequent version of .NET included ASPNET, so if my website had .NET 4. x installed, it would automatically include the features of .NET 2.0, 3.5 etc as well as versions 1 and 2 of ASPNET.

What prompted this query was a new installation of DNN 5.6.1 that failed because the ASPNET version on the server was 1.x, although the hosting company told me that .NET version 4.0 had been installed.  It was not until I had them upgrade  ASPNET  to 2.x that the DNN install worked.  Their support told me that the only versions of ASPNET that were available were 1.x and 2.x.   The requirements for DNN 5.6.1 include  .NET 3.5 (I assume that means a minimum version)  but no version requirement for  ASPNET is  mentioned.   When I look at the information returned by  HTTP response headers returned my dotnetnuke.com and several other DNN based websites, the ASPNET version is always 2.x, and I cannot find any indication of what .NET version is being used.
so are they two different things?
 
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2/2/2011 1:56 PM
 
William Severance


www.wesnetdesigns.com
Joined: 2/18/2005
Posts: 3253
The confusion arrises because ASP.Net 3.5 and ASP.Net 3.5 SP 1, the latter of which is required for DNN versions 5.02.00 and later, are "built on top of" ASP.Net 2.0 and will thus show a .Net version of 2.0.xxxx in server error messages, headers, etc. Also, when selecting which version of ASP.Net a particular IIS App Pool will be running under, there will be no option for ASP.Net 3.5 - only options for ASP.Net 1.0 (if still installed), ASP.Net 2.0, and ASP.Net 4.0 (if available). Also, some shared hosting providers do make ASP.Net 4.0 available but require that you have their support make that selection for you rather than offering it as a control panel setting.

Most likely if DNN 5.6.1 is working for you, the IIS App Pool is actually running under ASP.Net 3.5 SP 1. You can confirm that by logging into your DNN site as host user and opening Host-->Settings page which will display the actual ASP.Net version.
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