Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Client Profile

The Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Client Profile provides a subset of features from the .NET Framework 4. The Client Profile is designed to run client applications and to enable the fastest possible deployment for Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF) and Windows Forms technology. Application developers who require features that are not included in the Client Profile should target the full .NET Framework 4 instead of the Client Profile. Earlier version of the .NET Client Profile was only available to XP x86 machines without any .NET Framework installed. With .NET Framework 4, supported OS and machine architectures with or without earlier versions of the Framework can install the Client Profile to take advantage of the FASTER deployment and improved features of .NET Framework 4. The Microsoft .NET Framework 4 Client Profile provides the following new features and improvements: - Improvements in Common Language Runtime (CLR) and Base Class Library (BCL)- Innovations in the Visual Basic and C# languages, for example statement lambdas, implicit line continuations, dynamic dispatch, and named/optional parameters.- Improvements in Data Access and Modeling- Improvements in Windows Presentation Foundation (WPF)- Improvements to Windows WorkFlow (WF) that enable developers to better host and interact with workflows.- Improvements to Windows Communication Foundation (WCF) such as support for WCF Workflow Services enabling workflow programs with messaging activities, correlation support. - Innovative new parallel-programming features such as parallel loop support, Task Parallel Library (TPL), Parallel LINQ (PLINQ), and coordination data structures which let developers harness The Power of multi-core processors.