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PRB: Error Message: "Unable To Locate DLL..." When You Try to Run Visual J# Application

Article ID: 314623

Article Last Modified on 8/7/2003

APPLIES TO

Microsoft Visual J# .NET 2003 Standard Edition
Microsoft Visual J# .NET 2003 Standard Edition

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SYMPTOMS

If you do not have the common language runtime for the Microsoft .NET Framework installed on your computer, and you try to run a Visual J# application, you receive the following error message:

Unable To Locate DLL
"The dynamic link library MSCOREE.DLL could not be found in the specified path"

CAUSE

You must have the common language runtime to run your Visual J# application. The Visual J# compiler, similar to other Microsoft .NET languages, compiles the code to Microsoft intermediate language (MSIL). MSIL is a CPU-independent set of instructions. Before the code can be run, MSIL must be converted to CPU-specific code. The common language runtime compiler does this. Any application that is written and compiled with Visual J# must have the common language runtime on the target computer to run.

RESOLUTION

To resolve this problem, install the .NET Framework. The common language runtime is a key feature of the .NET Framework.

For additional information, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

308488 INFO: Download and Install the .NET Framework

MORE INFORMATION

For more information about the common language runtime, see the following MSDN Web site:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/cpguide/html/cpconthecommonlanguageruntime.asp

REFERENCES

For more information about Visual J# .NET, see the following resources:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/visualj/jsharp/beta.asp

Newsgroup: microsoft.public.dotnet.vjsharp

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