Create Windows-integrated web, server, database or standalone applications using a consistent programming model. Run programs written using .NET on your PC.
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 comes in two forms, in a redistributable package or ready to install. It supports all these Operating Systems: Windows 2000 Service Pack 3, Windows 98, Windows 98 Second Edition, Windows ME, Windows Server 2003, and Windows XP Service Pack 2.
Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 needs Windows Installer 3.0 and Internet Explorer 5.01 or later for its installation, and the space required in hard disk is 280 MB for x86 systems and 610 MB for x64 systems.
The Microsoft .NET Framework 2.0 is the way in which Microsoft manages the programming model to develop applications on Windows clients, servers and mobile devices. Those applications may be Web Applications, server applications, console applications, database applications and more.
To manage all this, the Framework includes its own classes library that contains Windows Presentation Foundation which obtains excellent visual results during the user experience on Windows clients. Windows Communication Foundation enables communication among applications on the enterprise. Windows Workflow Foundation allows developers to do workflows, the asp.net component for reach a high-performance and interactive web-based applications and Libraries for XML, data, IO, and much more.
v4.8 [Apr 30, 2019]
ASP.NET:
- Fixed System.Web.Caching initialization bug when using ASP.NET cache on machines without IIS.
Windows Forms:
- Fixed the ability to select ComboBox edit field text using mouse down move.
- Fixed the issue with interaction between WPF user control and hosting WinForms app when processing keyboard input.
- Fixed the issue with Narrator/NVDA announcing of PropertyGrid's ComboBox expanding and collapsing action.
- Fixed the issue with rendering "..." button of PropertyGrid control in HC mode to draw button background and dots contrasted.
WPF:
- Fixed a handle leak during creation of a Window in WPF applications that are manifested for Per Monitor DPI V2 Awareness. This leak may lead to extraneous GC.Collect calls that can impact performance in Window creation scenarios.
- Fixed a regression caused by the bug fix involving bindings with DataContext explicitly on the binding path.
